636983 - [zu] Search engine setup for Firefox 4.0 for Zulu.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Mozilla Localizations :: zu / Zulu, defect)

Description

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

We want to ship Firefox 4.0 a good list of search engines for Zulu. 

We're going to work towards this in three phases. First, the localization team and Stas (Stas Malolepszy) will look at the market for the language and come up with a good set of search providers. Dwayne, we'll need your input on this, the guidelines for making recommendations are on <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Firefox/Productization>. 

For en-US, we currently use this set, to which we can fall back in the case of lacking localized alternatives:
Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia

After we decided on a particular search engine, Stas will contact the owner and ask for permission, and for specifics like proper search flags. Dwayne, we'll likely need your help to at least get the contact information.

Once we have a specification on what the searchengines for Zulu should look like, the localization team and Stas will work on an implementation on that. This should happen by the localization team creating and attaching patches for the desired changes, and requesting review from Stas. After a successful review, the localization team will land them.

Please don't commit any modifications in browser/searchplugins to the hg repository without a patch reviewed by Stas, Axel or someone else appointed by Stas or SethB. The data here is sensitive to users and our search partners, thus the extra care here.

Probably a good deal here can be re-used from the en-ZA setup.

Comment 1

[Dwayne Bailey]

We don't need any deviation from en-ZA.  Google is localised.  Wikipedia in Zulu is horrible so staying on the English for now.

Comment 2

[Milos Dinic [:Milos]]

Dwayne, so what do you prefer us to do here?

Comment 3

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

We've put the effort to ship Firefox Desktop in Zulu on hold.

If there's renewed interest, we should get a new set of bugs on file at this point, I guess. Given how much changed since this was filed.