The strategy we've taken is to be conservative when merging from an external source. I think its the correct behaviour. The main problem is that we have no record of the state of the message when you got it. I.e. you might happily upload your changes yet online someone has made a change and kept the string fuzzy.
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 16:25 +0200, Samuel Murray (Home) wrote: > G'day everyone > > Yesterday I uploaded partial PO files using the "merge" option, thinking > that my translations will be merged into the existing files. > > What I did not bargain on was the way Pootle handles conflicts with > existing fuzzy strings. I had known that my translations would become > "suggestions" if there are conflicts, but I didn't realise that a fuzzy > string in the online PO file would be seen as "better" than a non-fuzzy > translation in the uploaded file. > > What is your opinion on this? > > Sure a translation is better than a fuzzy? Now my project on Pootle is > full of "suggestions". Even if I upload the entire file in "overwrite" > mode, the suggestions are not affected and they remain there as > suggestions, visible to all. > > Samuel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Translate-pootle mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle -- Dwayne Bailey Managing Director +27 12 460 1095 (w) Translate.org.za +27 83 443 7114 (c) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Translate-pootle mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle
