On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:30:20AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > But presumably you _would_ have a problem with: > > - the old library trying to look up a string which isn't there anymore in > > the new library > > - the new library trying to look up a string which isn't there in the old > > library > > Of course the message catalog would contain the union of strings > from both libraries, not its intersection. > > I'd think that'd be obvious...
Since these things are usually managed by automated tools which scan the source code looking for translatable strings, it would be nontrivial to ensure that nothing was ever deleted from the file. Also, the new version of the library would require a versioned dependency on the package containing the message catalog. I think it is much more straightforward to version it. -- - mdz
