Re: gnome-control-center string changes

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le vendredi 29 août 2008 à 04:28 +0200, Petr Kovar a écrit :
> 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.

I hope all i18n committers are subscribed to gnome-i18n, and review
(even very quickly) the files they commit. I cannot understand why this
is such a burden for you, especially when we clearly announce the cases.

Claude