On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:45:53 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
> On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:18:15 +0100 Fabian Nowak <timyst...@arcor.de> > wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > when updating some German translation of e17 trunk, I noticed that > > many components still lack i18n. So I started updating many of them > > and successfully introduced translations as I could verify on my > > computer. > > > > As you may know, translations are an important step for software to be > > spread and thereby debugged, tested, helped, enhanced and commented on > > by a wide range of people from everywhere over the world. > > > > However, many questions have come up: > > > > 1. Why is gettext 0.14 used? 0.18 (and later?) does already exist. > > (component e even uses 0.12.1) > > "version X already exists" is a poor reason to use version X. We > should generally choose to use the latest version that is being used by > the most people. Choosing the very latests, bleeding edge, was just > released this morning version simply because it exists means that our > software just wont work for most people. We can't expect ordinary > users to grab the latest version. We should NOT be expecting even our > developers to grab the latest versions. People stick with the stable > versions of their distributions for good reasons. > > I know, I say this all the time, and people don't listen. :-P i do. i already am there. i'm always on some older stable release of something :) only rarely do i concede the need for some new bleeding :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gaining the trust of online customers is vital for the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. Learn how to best implement a security strategy that keeps consumers' information secure and instills the confidence they need to proceed with transactions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
