Re: Fixing bug #330868 in a smart way
- From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad cs toronto edu>
- To: Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>
- Cc: Gnome i18n <gnome-i18n gnome org>, desktop-devel-list gnome org, Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi polito it>
- Subject: Re: Fixing bug #330868 in a smart way
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:39:49 -0400
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 12:31 -0400, Christian Rose wrote:
> On 6/19/06, Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi polito it> wrote:
> > I was giving a look to bug #330868 (Adding "License" button and dialog
> > to About dialog). It seems to me we are duplicating the same long
> > strings (mostly the GPL license) in most applications marking them for
> > translation in order to add a "License" button to the about dialog.
> >
> > What about storing the most important open source licenses in a unique
> > repository in order to minimize string duplication and translators work?
> > I'm thinking to a special package like the one containing all the
> > languages name (the iso_639 module).
>
> I would prefer if such functionality could be added to GTK+, at least
> for the short License declarations (like "This program is free
> software; you can redistribute it and/or
> modify it under the terms..."), for the following reasons:
I replied to this thread, but seems like it didn't make it through the
list. I've been working on exactly what you suggest in this bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336225
A couple of technical questions remain open, but you get the idea.
--
behdad
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