Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list

[Erik Sandberg]

On Sunday 26 June 2005 10.26, address@hidden wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> > I think we have an unwritten policy here of replying in English as
> > well as the original language on non-English posts, with a summary of
> > the question in English.
>
> That sounds reasonable.  Maybe it deserves to be a "written" policy.
>
> In fact, an English-only reply to a question in French (etc.) would
> probably satisfy most people who are asking for technical advice.
>
> But I still don't see anything wrong with two francophones communicating
> in French on this list.  Die-hard unilingual readers are no more deprived
> of information than they would be if the francophones just didn't bother
> to use the list in the first place, which would be a likely reaction to a
> linguistic rebuff.

If there is a need for correspondence in French, maybe a lilypond-french 
mailing list would be adequate for that?

Erik