Re: gnome-control-center string changes

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>, Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:02:19 +0200:

> Hi,
> 
> I just contributed a patch in gnome-control-center to use context for
> event sound names.
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549489
> 
> I even dare to propose the new NC_ macro that will add some more msgctxt
> in the pot file. 

I have a dream that one day this group will follow through the important
discussions with adopting a proposed compromise at the end instead of
silence and disregard for effort concerning reaching a real and viable
consensus. - You say I'm pretty naive? Yeah, it's like that, anyway...

Sorry, but I really think this should have been discussed before
introducing msgctxt into yet another module (that is evolution, GIMP, and
counting...). I wonder whether the ordinary translation (developer) comment
would had been possible to implement instead of msgctxt (at least for the
time being). For now, I think so. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

> For those using poedit, double-check your po file with
> a text editor if you really want to distinguish the two "Logout" and
> "Desktop" strings.

Thanks for caring, but note that the vast majority of translators most
likely don't follow this discussion or don't subscribe to gnome-i18n. So
they're turned adrift, so to speak. Moreover, it's pretty sad.

Regards,
Petr Kovar