Re: [Tails-dev] [review and merge] filename problem

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Author: Patrick ZAJDA
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [review and merge] filename problem
Hi,

I Am on Windows 7 64-bits and I would like to contribute to #7506 and
#7508 but I have this error too when cloning the repo.
Creating a virtual machine is a solution, but it would be better if
Windows contributors could clone the repo.

Regards,

Patrick
Le 16/07/2014 15:53, DP Tor-Contact a écrit :
> I am using a Windows Vista 32-bit machine. (yeah pretty awful but I'm
> at work) I have tried to cole the repo again, it showed the same
> mistake. I also saw that there are some more filenames with colons. Is
> there a contributer-base of Windows users? If not we should leave it
> in that way, I can switch to a virtual machine with Debian. And the
> documentation should be updated regarding to that.
>
> Regards
>
> spriver
>
> Am 2014-07-16 14:53, schrieb u:
>> intrigeri:
>>> u wrote (16 Jul 2014 11:28:59 GMT) :
>>>> as seen on tails-l10n, there is a folder in the wiki which contains a
>>>> colon. This results in problems on Windows systems, where contributors
>>>> might want to translate.. but can't checkout this folder.
>>>
>>> Can one build the website (with ikiwiki) on Windows?
>>>
>>> (I'm fine with adding constraints on filenames if it *really* allows
>>> people to do their translation work on Windows. If it's removing one
>>> stumbling block only to then unhide the next one, I'm not sure it's
>>> worth it.)
>>
>> you are absolutely right.
>>
>> Let's ask the person first. Eventually, we should then also update the
>> documentation accordingly.
>>
>> cheers
>> u.
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