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On 09/01/2012 J=C3=BCrgen Schmidt wrote:
> On 1/9/12 5:31 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
>> But how does README differ from the Release Notes? Do we currently
>> have both and translate both?
> I have to confess I don't know it, will try to figure this out

If I recall correctly, the release notes are always version-specific and=20
best replaced by web pages or wiki pages; and it's important to localize=20
them but not to include them in the released package (after all, it=20
might happen that some post-release information gets added).

The README is outdated and contains a brief FAQ and some stuff (like=20
system requirements) that could probably be shortened or removed. It is=20
localized, but the effort of rewriting it and translating it again would=20
be worth only if we make it reachable from the GUI.

Regards,
   Andrea.