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["Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>]

I recently added this bug report:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347110
to intltool. After discussing this with Danilo at GUADEC, I finally
saw an option for this problem to get fixed, at least with a
workaround in intltool, since gtk+/libglade/glade seems to never get
this fixed.

However, it seems I am fighting an uphill battle, to say the least,
and as recently shown by the comment in the intltool bug report. Very
few developers know about the issue, and it seems even fewer consider
this to be a problem, and out of those that may actually understand
why I think it is a problem, noone considers it prioritized. Even
more, I have had to explain the reasons why I think it is a problem
over and over for the last years, since it usually is people who are
not familiar with how translators usually work, let alone know what a
translation memory is or how it's used, that keep asking why it's a
problem at all. Sadly, it is often the same people that have the best
chance of actually fixing this, should they see the problem. Which, of
course, they are not.

So I guess my question is: Am I an insane, stubborn, person, that
keeps fighting this battle, although in reality everyone knows it's
not a problem? Am I a drooling maniac that should get put into a cage
because I keep ranting for years about a problem that only affects
translators, when we should be catering for the end user, and end
world hunger, and all of those more important goals? Or put into clear
text: Does anyone consider this to be a problem, or are you just happy
the way it is?


Christian