Bug#237892: apt: outdated POT file shipped in source package

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 09:01:42PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:14:07PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> 
> > There is even a better solution: 1 or 2 weeks before a release, send to
> > people listed as Last-Translator a revised version of their PO file.
> > Some developers have recently chosen this way, and AFAICT it makes
> > everyone happy.  This is also how GNU developers work with the Free
> > Translation Project.
> 
> My release cycles are typically less than 1-2 weeks, often much less (a few
> days).  I will do what I can, though.

With short release cycles (assuming that l10n wishlist bugs are quickly
closed), I believe that you do not have to worry, strings do not change
all the time.

> Has anyone already written a script to automate this?

Unfortunately no.

Denis