Re: Comments (was: About dpkg translation, please consider i18n when choosing words
> In the case of the translator, all you need to do to this string:
>
> #.Type: string
> #.Description
> #:../templates.master:4
> msgid "Name of your organization:"
> msgstr ""
>
> is this:
>
> # This is a translator comment. ;)
> #.Type: string
> #.Description
> #:../templates.master:4
> msgid "Name of your organization:"
> msgstr "Tên của tổ chức bạn:"
NO NO NO...Don't tell this to package developers for debconf
templates.
They have to put their comments in the *source* templates file. The
file usually names "templates" or "<package>.templates" in their
source tree.
THEY SHOULD NOT MESS UP WITH PO AND POT FILES. This always ends up in
catastrophes.
(did I yell enough? :-))))
These files are generated by po-debconf at build time.
So, if they have comments, they should put them before the individual
template in the source template file.
OK, I said I would document this in the developer's reference. Yet
another patch to do for it..:-)
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