From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: i18n/l10n summary Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:51:01 +0300 Message-ID: <831sp596l6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0aca6c65-4610-44c2-99c4-6cbe7aa68c9a@default> <46B40C87-EAE0-4DDA-AF4D-EF6392FF8A47@gmail.com> <83r2x88vuc.fsf@gnu.org> <10CB5E42-71F8-4F2F-80BD-A661062E9CD2@gmail.com> <83pocs8sy1.fsf@gnu.org> <3D8D36E8-D1F8-4733-A94F-AE5A61E1C528@gmail.com> <83inij8bfo.fsf@gnu.org> <8360eh99jf.fsf@gnu.org> <7F1C3549-B097-4797-9329-FD180D1C5511@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1500911505 23608 195.159.176.226 (24 Jul 2017 15:51:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 24 17:51:41 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfdz-0005pf-UO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:51:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55540 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfe3-0003cD-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:51:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35345) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfdS-0003bv-QP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:51:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfdO-0003vp-UE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43585) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfdO-0003vj-QG; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3374 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dZfdO-00032l-6s; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:51:02 -0400 In-reply-to: <7F1C3549-B097-4797-9329-FD180D1C5511@gmail.com> (message from Jean-Christophe Helary on Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:34:54 +0900) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216968 Archived-At: > From: Jean-Christophe Helary > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:34:54 +0900 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > So we'd have to create and maintain as many files as there are translations No, because the file can be auto-generated: its contents is simple and known in advance as soon as the target language is specified. Anyway, I think we should defer adding this directive until we have the first translation of the first manual. It sounds wrong to me to make preparations without having even a single client to benefit from it.