Re: Markup in messages

["Murray Cumming" <murrayc murrayc com>]

> 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?

No, this could
- fix crashes in non-English locales, that are not at first repeatable by
English-speaking developers.
- reduce memory consumption.

You just need to explain it once more time to Rodney, by answering his
questions. Don't give up.


Murray Cumming
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