Re: Merging po strings of gal (retired) into evolution

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

Thanks for your reply, Danilo. :)

On 21/06/2005, at 6:56 PM, Danilo Åegan wrote:
> > If gal is to be merged with evolution, could we please consider
> > removing the more than 85% obsolete strings which bloat the evolution
> > file so appallingly? Before we make it bigger still?
>
> You should do that yourself for your language only.

I didn't know you could do that. I thought we had to leave them  
there. :(
> The catch is that obsolete strings, while obsolete, are still
> considered part of translation.  If those strings re-appear, they'll
> get reused from those "obsolete" translations by msgmerge (used by
> intltool).
>
> Some strings can certainly be removed, since we're pretty confident
> that they won't reappear (such as locations), and I have already done
> that for translations I maintain (sr.po and sr Latn po).

That's exactly that: it's evident that some strings would not be re- 
used. So I can remove them for my .po file?
> > If you need someone to go through the evolution file and remove all
> > strings which have obviously been replaced (e.g. old-style country
> > and language names), I am willing to do that. That file is a pain. :(
>
> Please don't do that, except possibly for Vietnamese: each translation
> team coordinator should be in full control of their translation,
> unless agreed otherwise (like in this case).  And, as noted above,
> obsolete strings are actually useful.

I wouldn't do it at all, unless permitted. I was just volunteering,  
in case it was a task that needed doing, and nobodá had time. It's  
not exactly something I want to do, but that file is so unwieldy, and  
the thought of adding _more_ strings (gal) to it is discouraging. :(

Surely 85%+ obsolete strings is unrealistic? You could never use them  
all again, unless you did it in rotation over an extended period of  
time. Statistically, it doesn't make sense.

<grumbles>

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhÃm  
Viát hÃa phán mám tá do)

Clytie Siddall--Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia

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