Re: [Po4a-devel] Bug#827936: po4a: please implement support for Ruby document format

On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:36:46 +0200 Martin Quinson wrote: > Hello, Hello Martin, thanks for your prompt reply. > > the truth is that the development of po4a is kinda stopped since a few > years. We do the basic maintainance, like reviewing and applying > proposed patches (with some delays), but I don't manage to devote any > time to the new wanted features myself. I'm sorry about that, but this > is a fact. OK, I assume the same holds for the other upstream authors of po4a (or do you just speak for yourself?). > > As a result, I think that you should develop this module yourself. I can try, with some help from you and the other po4a upstream developers. > I > understand that Perl will make your brain burn as a Ruby programmer, My brain is probably already burnt, due to overexposure to Fortran, but I digress... ;-) The fact is that I haven't programmed in Perl for about 14 years and my Perl knowledge was just a smattering anyway, so bear with me! > but at the end, developping a new module for po4a is very easy. And I > can guide you in this process if you go that way. Your guidance will be much appreciated, thanks a lot! > > Check the doc on writing a new module, here: > man Locale::Po4a::TransTractor I will study this soon, thanks for pointing it out. In the meanwhile, I have to study the Ruby document format description in more detail. > > I think that this is a good idea to keep both the upstream list and > the debian bug in CC while discussing it. It will ensure both a good > diffusion and a good archiving of the discussions. OK, I am replying to both the bug address and the po4a-devel mailing list. Please keep me in Cc, when replying (as I am not subscribed to the mailing list or to the bug). Thanks. Bye. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE