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

[Bruno Haible <bruno clisp org>]

Kenneth Rohde Christiansen wrote on 2003-06-24:
> > 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.

Maybe this could also be achieved through a set of Makefile.am variables?
We are now attempting to replace po/Makefile.in.in with a po/Makefile.am;
I'm noting this point in the corresponding wish list.

Bruno