Gabor Hojtsy wrote: >> > For translators, a diff should be as small as possible. >> >> Why? >> >> If I want to update pg-num-rows.xml in the de-tree, I see have two >> options: >> >> first: >> remove whitespaces, change the doc-skel and then update the >> translation. This means redoing everything Christopher has already >> done in the en-pg-num-rows.xml. >> >> second: >> copy the en-file with the new structure and replace the english text >> with the german text or translate the updates. >> >> In both cases I don't care how big or small the diff is because I have >> to change the whole file. > > > I know that at least the Hungarian translators do that: > > - look up diff of English file (from revcheck) > - change the Hungarian file according to the diff > > If the diff contains irrelevant changes (ws), it is getting harder. If > ws is done in a separate commit, it can be steped over (with incremental > diffing).
That's one of the points. The other one is to make it easier for us to quickly review the commits on this list. (I personnaly take a look at every commit). didou > > Goba
