Re: Request for freeze break for GNOME 2.8.x for gcalctool string problem.

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

fre 2004-09-17 klockan 03.17 skrev Danilo Šegan:
> > The patch done by Danilo in that bug report doesn't add any new strings,
> > so it's not affected by string freeze. (Since IIRC the hard code freeze
> > is lifted after the 2.8.0 release, I assume there's no other freeze
> > blocking the fix, as long as it doesn't break the UI or feature freeze
> > somehow, which seems unlikely. But that's just me speculating.)
> 
> No, the patch doesn't affect any of the remaining freezes: it just
> sets the translation domain correctly so translations are used if they
> exist.
> 
> > Danilo: Does your patch fix the "no menu names translated" problem
> > originally reported by Egmont? I think that problem would be nice to
> > have fixed in 2.8.1.
> 
> It fixes it for "the most part".  Four top menu items (visible in the
> menu bar) haven't been marked for translation earlier ("_Calculator",
> "_Edit", "_View", "_Help"), so they won't be translated (xgettext
> won't extract them).
> 
> These are the four strings which would need to be marked for
> translation, and that's what Rich was asking approval for.  It seems
> reasonable to approve it, since it's quite visible (they make up
> entire menubar when you start gcalctool).  OTOH, you may think
> differently.

As already stated, I would really like that problem fixed aswell, so it
would be useful having a patch that fixed that problem; a patch that
could be discussed and then approved.


Christian