On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 06:34:36PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:49:32PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> > For that matter, what about menu hints? Do we have translations for > > all of the various hints that different packages use? > I retract my claim that translation of hints is not needed. It is > needed if you use them obviously. Yes, I was going to respond and point that out, but I got distracted. I'm glad you came to the realization. > There are two issue with hints: > 1) Nobody understand the hints code, so it is difficult to maintain. Yes, and furthermore, it's been somewhat broken the last few times I've tried it. I really liked it back when it worked, but I've pretty much given up on it. I've dug through the code a few times, and been properly terrified. The sad part is that tree optimization is a pretty standard part of CS -- it shouldn't be this difficult. If it were possible to make it work right, I'd be using it again in a flash. > 2) There is no list of hints currently, so this is a problem. > I don't know how to fix 1). Point 2) can be used by using debtags[1]. > This will probably solve the translation problem. > Opinions ? Originally we were going to hold off on forming any sort of policy about menu hints until we had the system in use for a while, so we could see what sort of hints people were going to provide. Well, it's been a while, so maybe we should review the hints we have as a first step, and go on from there. No point in translating hints that we're just going to turn around and remove. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
