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Re: Bug#458836: Outdated translation



Quoting Esteban Manchado Velázquez (zoso@debian.org):
> Hi,
> 
>     I haven't included your translation because it's outdated (when I received
> it in the BTS I had already lots of changes; not sure if already released, but
> anyway). I have added *lots* of strings now (I think now it should be
> reasonably safe to translate), so it was kind of pointless to add just a few
> translations.


I *very* strongly disagree with this.

Translations are useful even when they are partial, that's the entire
point of gettext.

Moreover, you mention you added strings to your package (BTW, please
mention what package this is about: I had to dig in headers to find
this could be dhelp)....but I never saw any call for translation
updates....so, how are translators expected to know you added stuff?

Finally, what if, during the time the translators work on your new
strings, you decide to ad some more again? Their work will again
become outdated and will you then again decide to not include the
translations?

In French, we call this "course à l'échalotte"....

So, please reconsider this. Please include all pending translations for
your package even though they are incomplete, then issue a call for
translation updates (or just let translators discover the new strings:
some of us fortunately have some automated processes for that).


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