Bug 369657

Summary: Please split off yast2 entries from the huge update-desktop-files po file
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0 Reporter: Ladislav Michnovic <lmichnovic>
Component: TranslationsAssignee: Karl Eichwalder <ke>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Karl Eichwalder <ke>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: carlos.e.r, elchevive68, forgotten_nqeDWc8OMK, forgotten_XG9X5w8kVa, noelamac
Version: Alpha 2plus   
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Description Ladislav Michnovic 2008-03-12 09:46:19 UTC
Please split off yast2 entries from the huge update-desktop-files po file. 
It would help translators to keep YaST completely translated.
Comment 1 Carlos Robinson 2008-03-12 10:08:10 UTC
Yes, please do!
Comment 2 Forgotten User XG9X5w8kVa 2008-03-12 16:41:09 UTC
Please do!
Comment 3 Forgotten User nqeDWc8OMK 2008-03-13 11:55:29 UTC
I agree, please do it.
Comment 4 Camaleon -- 2008-03-13 12:55:39 UTC
I also think this is a very good idea :-)

Having a "really" big file does not help translators at all because of its unmanageability.

It's just "psychological": people will refuse to translate a bunch of messages but will be pleased to work with a smaller and well organized file.

In addition, I think YaST is the most used tool in openSUSE and having a good translation of all the modules, messages, buttons and explanations will provide a very user-friendly experience for newcomers ;-)
Comment 5 Karl Eichwalder 2008-03-13 16:53:40 UTC
coolo already wrote such a split script: lcn/50-tools/lcn-split-update-desktop-files.sh

I guess we'd better avoid the split_chars, but otherwise I think we should go for it. 
Comment 6 Forgotten User nqeDWc8OMK 2008-03-13 17:00:52 UTC
Yes, I think that script could work, so in the future we'll focus our work on update-desktop-files-yast
Comment 7 Karl Eichwalder 2008-04-03 10:17:38 UTC
Done--thanks to coolo.