Re: msgctxt (was Re: String changes in Evolution)

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

"Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:24:33 +0200:

> On 8/5/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
> > "Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>, Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:23:56 +0200:
> >  > On 8/5/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
> [...]
> >  > And I just wish that all the people complaining about poedit lacking
> >  > msgctxt support would direct that energy into improving said support,
> >
> > I wish that too. If only they could help - you know, not everybody's a
> > coder here...
> 
> Neither am I.

Still you're complaining about things you don't quite agree with, aren't
you? ;-) 

> >  > instead of demanding that the rest of the translation world continue
> >
> > Not quite the "rest of the translation world", but only few GNOME
> > modules, as listed on the live.gnome.org page.
> 
> Well, a guess would be that the number of messages actually needing
> context in some way is bigger than what the current list shows. They
> just haven't been reported as bugs yet...

If we don't know about them, we can't fix them, and they're not in
question... 

> >  > to wait when a much needed and readily available feature, that would
> >  > eliminate many common and serious bugs, exists.
> >  > There's nothing that says that if we continue to wait, Poedit will
> >  > automatically get the needed support. Really!
> >
> > But there's a big chance. Poedit's developer is actively working on the
> >  project.
> 
> Excellent. No need to have this unnecessary discussion then.

Huh? I said Poedit's developer is actively working on the project, not on
the said (and sad) bug. I believe he is, and I hope so, but I don't really
know. After all, the Poedit's bug tracker at SourceForge is public, so
everyone can judge for themselves whether there is/will be any momentum or
not. I don't see it as a matter of long-time development, though, but
rather as something that will be solved before 2.26.

Regards,
Petr Kovar