Re: gnome-control-center string freeze breakage

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

ons 2004-01-07 klockan 15.14 skrev Jody Goldberg:
> > Unless this string addition is absolutely essential to have in the
> > string frozen gnome-2-4 branch, I suggest the string addition be
> > reverted from that branch.
> 
> My apologies for oking the commit.  I forgot that accessibility
> descriptions were translated.  However, I do not reccommend
> reverting.  In this case the string is obscure enough that it is
> better for it to exist untranslated IMO.

Even so, the fact is that there is no automatic prioritization system
for messages for translators, and hence every single added message, how
obscure it may even be, still is one added message that translators are
supposed to translate. And the more we have of those, the more difficult
it will be to catch further string additions and string freeze
breakages. And so on -- it usually tends to become an evil circle.

I think we have far passed the point where strings should be added to
gnome-2-4 branches, even for bugfixes. Exceptions should only be granted
with very good excuses. I don't think "it's obscure enough" cuts it,
because I would think that is generally a moot point for translators,
since "obscure messages" cannot be counted seperately.


Christian