On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> wrote: > Olemis Lang wrote: >>> >>> I also think the feature should go. If you want functionality that's so >>> difficult to provide when you install as a zip file, the answer is not to >>> make things more complex, but to not install as zip files. >>> >> >> What about environments like Google App Engine ? I mean, AFAIK using >> ZIP files is the *official* solution to meet some quotas & >> requirements ... CMIIW anyway ... >> >> I mean, for example: what if someone writes an app containing >> resources like message catalogs for i18n, uploads it to GAE using ZIP >> files and still wants to use the MO files (i.e. resources) for >> translation (i.e. for anything else ...) ... Hmmmm ? > > I mentioned yesterday (in the language summit) that we really need to get > all the requirements together before we start any work. I fear that there > are many hidden requirements (or ones that I'm personally not aware of, at > least). I don't know gettext well enough give an answer yet. > >
Perhaps it is not necessary ... i18n was only a motivation to establish a concrete (... *very real* & *no more choices* ...) use case. The same could be said like this : «What if someone writes an app containing many (... *A LOT OF* ...) resource files, uploads it to GAE using ZIP files, and still wants to use them for anything he/she wants ... Hmmmm ?» ;o) -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: Comandos : Pipe Viewer ... ¿Qué está pasando por esta tubería? _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
