Re: Please unblock eel2 again
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007, Steve Langasek wrote:
> The packages could also be co-installable if the data packages were
> versioned to not conflict (i.e., eel2-2.14.mo instead of the deceptive
> eel-2.0.mo), or, if one assumes that future versions of the translations
> will superset he previous versions, by having a >= dependency only on
> libeel2-data.
I started some discussions on this topic, and while it's a possible
solution, patching all the bindtextdomain() calls is often cumbersome
-- at least in vte there were a bunch, but I didn't check eel2 -- and
will be forgotten for new upstream releases. So even if it's feasible
technically for one version and is technically elegant, I think there's
a high risk of introducing silent breakage with this solution. Plus,
it's generally more work.
--
Loïc Minier
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