On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 13:32, Dominique Devriese wrote: > Isaac Clerencia writes: > > > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 00:26, Dominique Devriese wrote: > >> Perhaps debconf could be changed to use gettext instead. I.e. when > >> it sees a translatable string in a template, it calls gettext on > >> it. That way, all the translation packages have to do is to put > >> the .(g)mo files in the right location. > > > debconf is already able to use gettext, see po-debconf > > > lots of packages already use debconf with gettext > > Yes, but the difference is that the only thing po-debconf changes is > that the different translations are now not stored in one big file in > the package anymore, but in several separate files in the package. > The keywords are "in the package", and for the translators, po-debconf > fixes some encoding problems, but doesn't address the other problems > with the current system. You're right, it's a real pain when you have to upload your package several times because of new .po files. It would be perfect if they would be maintained out of the package. -- Isaac Clerencia | Using Debian GNU/Linux | JID: isaaccp@jabber.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alternativas libres :: http://alts.homelinux.net Mi bitacora :: http://barrapunto.com/~guacamayo/bitacora ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please encrypt your messages when e-mailing me, GPG ID: 54E672DE
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