Comment 7 for bug 3896

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jpfle (jpfle) wrote :

> We don't want bug reports, branches or blueprints in languages other than English.

Who are "we"? The Launchpad developers? I really don't understand this attitude. In the page "+new-guided" (1), it's written that "Launchpad is a service for registering and hosting software projects. Service is provided free for open source/free software projects." It's also wriiten: "Hi there! This is a message from the team that develops Launchpad [...]. We're working hard to make sure Launchpad is the best project hosting and registration site out there. We hope you enjoy it here."

So it's not written that we aren't allowed to host non-English projects and that we aren't welcome to this "best project hosting and registration site" if we do so. If you don't want bug reports in languages other than English for your projects, all right. But your projects aren't synonymous with all the projects hosted on Launchpad.

I enjoy coding in my mother tongue and I think I'm more efficient this way. There's a lot of very good free projects that are managed in languages other that English or that are constituted by a significant proportion of non-English speakers. Launchpad should be as welcoming and ergonomic as possible for these projects and for its participants.

There's a need expressed in this bug and its duplicates, in questions, etc. I don't understand why this current report has been marked as "Won't Fix".

(1) https://launchpad.net/projects/+new-guided