I demand that Roger Leigh may or may not have written... > On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 05:53:02PM +0100, Darren Salt wrote: >> I demand that Neil Williams may or may not have written... >>> Churn is the problem here, IMHO. Many packages just change too fast at >>> specific times to allow generated files like the POT into the VCS. i.e. >>> the source code is changing and whether or not the translatable strings >>> actually change, committing the POT every time (because it timestamps >>> itself every time it is checked) is a PITA. >> Agreed. There have been times when I've taken a diff and stripped out any >> hunks which change only line numbers...
> There's a solution to this: > Add --no-location to XGETTEXT_OPTIONS in po/Makevars. > Now those stupid comment lines with the source file and line number > are no longer generated (what use were they in the first place?)! Well... I'm aware that some translators have made use of this information... [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Toon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | back! | + http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/ & http://tlasd.wordpress.com/ No man is rich enough to buy back his past. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5158146334%li...@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk