Re: Two bugs for translatable strings

[F Wolff <friedel translate org za>]

Op Wo, 2009-02-18 om 23:10 +0100 skryf Reinout van Schouwen:
> Op woensdag 18-02-2009 om 16:43 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Alexander
> Larsson:
> 
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572158
> > > "None" label need translation context
> > 
> > > Could we fix at least the second one, or it's a string freeze break?
> > 
> > We're currently string frozen. I'm not sure these are important enought
> > to request a break.
> 
> I very much doubt that adding a msgcxt constitutes a string freeze
> break. As a translator I would welcome better context at any time.
> CC'ing gnome-i18n list.

If a msgctxt is added, existing translations will go fuzzy with
msgmerge, even if the msgid remained unchanged. So I guess this should
be handled as a string freeze break since existing translations will not
be used anymore.

Friedel

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