[Fedora-trans-ar] Glossary - release / version

ahmad bekdash bccline at scs-net.org
Tue Nov 16 17:14:38 UTC 2004


//I would like to suggest that we will need to covey the right meaning 
rather
to stick with the 1-1 translation. Any suggesstion here? //

Good idea


Sherif Abdelgawad wrote:

> Mohammed,
>      Let us first make sure we understand what is the Release and what 
> is the Version
> so we can translate this right.
>
> For example , if you have an RPM bash-2.05b-29.0.3.i386.rpm
>
> Version: This is main number which keep tracks of new package. This is 
> the main
>              one, like in our example of bash RPM it is 2.05b
>
> Release:  This is the minor number, due to little changes, or patches, 
> bug fixes ..etc.
>               In our example it is 29.0.3
>
> Taking this I would say Version is اصدار and Release is نسخة
>
> We will need a translation to reflect the meaning. I have been reading 
> through
> the translation, and I found in some of the files, that there are 
> translation which
> is just the right word in arabic, yet it did loose the meaning.
>
> I would like to suggest that we will need to covey the right meaning 
> rather
> to stick with the 1-1 translation. Any suggesstion here?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sherif
>
>
>> As far as packages are concerned, I cannot make any difference 
>> between a version and a release. Am I missing something ? Can someone 
>> think of a context where these words are not synonyms ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mohammad
>>
>> ahmad bekdash wrote:
>>
>>> release is اصدار
>>> version is : نسخة
>>>
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