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Package: gettext
Version: 0.14.5-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi!
This small script implements the procedure Jens Seidel described in debian-i18n,
in response to my query about merging separate branches of PO files. More
details on the problem that concerned me (and Jens response) in:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2006/04/msg00161.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2006/04/msg00164.html
It seems to work very well (for me at least). Please, could you consider adding
it to the gettext debian package?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to C)
Versions of packages gettext depends on:
ii gettext-base 0.14.5-2 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
Versions of packages gettext recommends:
ii curl 7.15.3-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT
ii wget 1.10.2-1 retrieves files from the web
-- no debconf information
msgpatch
Description: application/shellscript
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Robert Millan wrote:
> Package: gettext
> Version: 0.14.5-2
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi!
>
> This small script implements the procedure Jens Seidel described in
> debian-i18n, in response to my query about merging separate branches
> of PO files. More details on the problem that concerned me (and
> Jens response) in:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2006/04/msg00161.html
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2006/04/msg00164.html
>
> It seems to work very well (for me at least). Please, could you
> consider adding it to the gettext debian package?
You can try to be "nice" with the author by sending a patch which
conforms to the latest version available, however:
a) If there is a more recent version available, you should be translating
the most recent version available, not the old one.
b) Even if your patch tries not to be disruptive with the current
translation, it is still possible that the author releases yet another
version that changes strings and line numbers again, so the problem
will not go away even if you try to send "nice" patches.
So, I agree with Christian Perrier here:
> [...] I don't recommend sending diffs for PO files, except when you're
> completely sure that the diff applies to an up-to-date file AND that
> it will be applied quickly.
Sending patches to .po files is in general a bad idea, so I do not see
as a good thing that we encourage people to do that by providing
special scripts for that.
[ Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you are not happy with this, but I bet
gettext's authors would very likely tell you something similar ].
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