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Re: rebased patches?
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: rebased patches? |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:49:04 +0200 |
Bo Borgerson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> This brings up another (as yet unwritten) guideline:
>> Don't change translatable strings if you can avoid it.
>> If you must rearrange lines, extract and create new strings, rather than
>> extracting and moving into existing blocks. This avoids making unnecessary
>> work for translators.
...
>> Yes, I'll add this to HACKING RSN ;-)
>
> If it helps I've pushed a branch called HACKING that adds a new section
> for translatability tips and includes your guideline above verbatim. ;)
It does, indeed. Thank you. I've pushed this addition:
Be nice to translators
======================
Don't change translatable strings if you can avoid it.
If you must rearrange individual lines (e.g., in multi-line --help
strings), extract and create new strings, rather than extracting
and moving into existing blocks. This avoids making unnecessary
work for translators.