Re: [Translation-i18n] The reason for make dist updating po files

[Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <kenneth gnu org>]

> OK, starting from gettext 0.12.2, Makefile.in.in will carry a version number.

Thanks you.

> Hmm, indeed "intltool-update --maintain" is helpful for the maintainer.
> (But it shouldn't recommend to add src/po-gram-gen.c to POTFILES.in when
> src/po-gram-gen.y is already listed.)
> 
> Something like this could become part of automake's "make dist" target,
> but I don't see yet how to write this in such a way that it is customizable
> enough (depending on the project's structure and file types).

It would be possible for a project like KDE or GNOME to use a project
specific configuration file, mentioning the file types and how to look
for marked strings. With GNOME we could supply such a file with
gnome-common for instance. At least I think 'make dist' should be able
to check for translation files of the types gettext support natively.

Kenneth