Hello,
We've been delaying the action a bit, but we have been making the Etoys distribution for non-XO Linux, Mac, and Windows. Now our team got some traction and trying to package it up sometime soon. The package will be based on the latest OLPC Etoys image, but with some different settings and preferences, basically. (We'll soon make an early access versions.) The version that will be distributed from the Squeakland web site will be this version; so that the Etoys users on XO and Etoys users on other platforms can send compatible projects.
We would like to include good translations in the package that makes sense to do so.
Some languages require additional fonts, or different settings. For these languages, the community should consider to make a re-packaged version with some modifications. (The Japanese community, for example, has been doing this successfuly for several years.)
At the same time, for languages like German, the community has been doing great to keep up with the translation effort. (Even with unfortunate glitches!) And it doesn't need too different settings from English one, it is a good candidate to include.
For the non-XO environments, these are typically at schools and they often cannot easily update files once installed. So, we decided to make a package that is intended not to be updated often.
... So, if you like to get your language translations included in the package for non-XO environments, please try to update the translations in "a few weeks". (This is what VPRI does so may not be able to deliver on time as promised, but we are trying.)
Thank you!
-- Yoshiki
(Later on, we might work on some incremental updater but not this time.)
For the OLPC XO, we are planning to revise the image and translations and release new versions relatively frequently. There will be deadlines like Update.2, so we try to provide better versions for them. That includes new translations.