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List: Swedish GNU/LI List
Sender: François Pinard <pinard@progiciels-bpi.ca>
Subject: Re: GNU-sv PO fileutils-3.12n
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:33:18 -0400
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> * You have two obsolete entries with no translation in your file. It is
> not really helpful to keep them in the file. Unless they represent some
> errors you want to bring to GNU attention?
These were two entries from the file I started with, that contained
only %-directives to printf. I sent a mail to the developer (Jim
Meyering) and told him about the mistake [...]
I remember now. You did well.
[...] and marked the entry in the po file as obsolete. As I understand
your letter, it is your recommendation to remove the entry completely
in a case like this. Right?
In my way of seeing things (which is not universal in GNU, should I say),
PO files really pertain to translation teams, who do whatever they want
with them. The only requirement I want to enforce is that PO files should
not break the GNU distributions including them. A uniform presentation
of PO files, for all teams, simplifies many things, and almost everybody
nicely collaborated so far.
My own feeling is that we should remove from a PO file those obsolete
entries standing absolutely no chance of ever becoming useful, later.
Of course, you may use obsolete entries for any purpose useful to you.
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