1134679 - [brx] Search engine setup for Firefox for Bodo

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: brx / Bodo, defect)

Description

[Jeff Beatty [:gueroJeff]]

We want to ship Firefox with a good list of search engines for Bodo. 

We'll do this in three phases: First, the localization team and flod (Francesco Lodolo) will look at the market for the language and come up with a good set of search providers. Chandrakant, we'll need your input on this. The guidelines for making recommendations are found on <https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Firefox/Productization>. 

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

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

Once we have a specification on what the search engines for Bodo should look like, flod and the localization team will work on an implementation on that. flod will create and attach patches for the desired changes and get them reviewed. After a successful review, flod will land them. Chandrakant, if you're interested, you could create the patches, too. You'd ask flod for review on those before landing.

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

The Bodo team and flod will be driving this bug to completion.

Comment 1

[Chandrakant Dhutadmal]

bing
eBay-in
google
yahoo-in

Comment 2

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Chandrakant Dhutadmal from comment #1)
> bing
> eBay-in
> google
> yahoo-in

We usually ship Wikipedia for all locales. Does it make sense to use http://hi.wikipedia.org/?

Comment 3

[Chandrakant Dhutadmal]

Hi Flod. The answer is No. :). In case there is some Show Stopper, then only you can use it.

Comment 4

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Chandrakant Dhutadmal from comment #3)
> Hi Flod. The answer is No. :). In case there is some Show Stopper, then only
> you can use it.

I've lost track of this locale, since bugs weren't assigned to me.

Just to confirm, since I've just landed ks and kok with wikipedia-hi We always ship Wikipedia, so it's either English or Hindi. Do we keep Hindi here too?

Comment 5

[Chandrakant Dhutadmal]

Flod,that Will do. :)