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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ab/i18n
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:27:12 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110224102712.GC14115@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimn_CmWORwJfWXEiY18QCmXdNZMhCUC9YBMo_kV@mail.gmail.com>

Erik Faye-Lund wrote:

> I like the idea, but perhaps we could auto-generate a Pig Latin
> translation or something instead?

Sorry for the fuss.  If I understand correctly, the remaining
issues with the current ab/i18n branch in 'pu' are:

* The series is too long to read in one sitting.

  Suggested fix: deal with some arbitrary early subset (35 patches?
  I'd even prefer around 20) first.

* Patch 2 (add GETTEXT_POISON) is conceptually complicated since
  its arbitrary string is not arbitrary.

  Suggested fix: split it into two patches.  But I am still not sure
  if that's considered acceptable?

* Patch 2 squats on a valuable use_poison() identifier space.

  Suggested fix: rename it to gettext_poison().

* Patches 5 (i18n: git-init basic messages) and onward do not
  explain "we are marking strings for translation, in
  preparation for translating them later" in their commit messages.

  Suggested fix: use titles like «i18n: mark some "git init" messages
  for translation».  Or ignore the problem --- it's not a big deal.

* We haven't run an automated tool to check that this is a no-op
  in the -UGETTEXT_POISON case.

  Suggested fix: build without debugging symbols and compare the
  binaries.  Or invent a tool to check patches.  Or just use our
  eyes, like we always have.

Does that sound like a fair summary?  I'd be happy to reroll the
first 30 or so patches following whatever approach is the consensus
for these things to move this forward.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-24 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-23 23:26 What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2011, #05; Wed, 23) Junio C Hamano
2011-02-23 23:48 ` ab/i18n (What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2011, #05; Wed, 23)) Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-24  1:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24  2:55     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24  3:14       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-24 10:38         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24 10:45           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-24 11:00           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-25 21:48             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-26  5:14               ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-24  4:00       ` ab/i18n Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-24  9:56   ` ab/i18n (What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2011, #05; Wed, 23)) Erik Faye-Lund
2011-02-24 10:27     ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2011-02-24 19:11       ` ab/i18n Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24 10:40     ` ab/i18n (What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2011, #05; Wed, 23)) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-23 23:52 ` What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2011, #05; Wed, 23) Johan Herland
2011-02-24  0:43   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24  1:04     ` Johan Herland
2011-02-24  0:32 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24  0:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24  1:37     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24  1:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-24  2:07         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24  9:45   ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-02-24 17:47     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2011-02-24 22:39       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-25  1:45       ` [msysGit] " Johannes Schindelin
2011-02-25  9:05     ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-02-25 11:11       ` Johannes Schindelin
2011-02-25 19:24         ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-02-25 21:54           ` Johannes Schindelin
2011-02-26 11:07             ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-02-26 19:07               ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-02-26 19:58                 ` cross-compiling msys-1.0.dll, was " Johannes Schindelin
2011-03-12 13:18                   ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-03-12 15:38                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2011-02-27 14:28               ` Johannes Schindelin
2011-03-12 13:16                 ` Kirill Smelkov
2011-02-26 10:24 ` Adding Beyond Compare as a merge tool, was: " Sebastian Schuberth
2011-02-26 10:33   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-26 10:48     ` Sebastian Schuberth
2011-02-27  5:38   ` Chris Packham
2011-02-27  9:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-27 10:58       ` Sebastian Schuberth
2011-02-27 10:57     ` Sebastian Schuberth
2011-02-27 11:15       ` Sebastian Schuberth

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