Re: RFC: Source string editing

[Dwayne Bailey <dwayne translate org za>]

Hi,

Gettext already provides a mechanism for a module maintainer to add a
header entry to the PO file that specifies where to send such bug
reports and requests.  Currently no PO files that I have seen in Gnome
use this feature.

See:

Report-Msgid-Bugs-To:

This could be an email address, URL, prefilled bugzilla report.  Then
its up to the PO editor to determine what to do with that.

If people set that it would make it easier for people to send feedback,
ask for corrections or clarity.

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 16:48 -0500, Adam Weinerger wrote:
> Developers and module maintainers clearly spend an enormous amount of 
> time writing code, and making their apps and libraries do what they want 
> them to do. Less attention is given to strings, however -- and 
> understandably so. And there are a number of modules written by people 
> whose first language is not English.
> 
> But no team spends more time dealing with strings than the GTP. Each 
> source string is looked at by over 100 people. Noone other than an end 
> user is more likely to notice a spelling or grammar error in a source 
> string than a translator!
> 
> We've been urged before to file bug reports when there are strings that 
> need fixing. However, many of these reports are ignored by the 
> developers, as their attention is tuned much more towards maintenance of 
> code, not strings. And furthermore, it is frankly tedious to file a bug 
> report saying, "There's an extra 'e' in this word, of this line, of this 
> file, of this module."
> 
> I'd be interested in seeing how many module maintainers would like to 
> give blanket approval to the GTP to edit strings to fix spelling and 
> simple grammar errors. Presence of a README.strings or something to that 
> effect could mean a green-light to the GTP to fix small errors as they 
> crop up.
> 
> Doing so would better utilize the resources that the GTP can provide, 
> would take some of the burden of development off of module maintainers, 
> and would help GNOME put its best foot forward (GET IT?!).
> 
> I'm interested in what others think of this concept. Is this a good 
> idea? Would developers likely be interested in this?
> 
> # Adam
> 
> 
-- 
Dwayne
currently in Cape Town, yay my mountain!