Daniel Veillard <veillard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 04:54:38PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Daniel Veillard <veillard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > But maybe we should consider those as internal errors (which I think they are) >> > and report them as such, the string itself is probably as well left out of >> > gettext entierely (but the error massage saying it was an internal error, >> > that one need localization). >> >> I agree that it'd be nice to improve those diagnostics. >> >> How about if I mark the existing ones for now, with the proposed added >> comments? The comments can then serve as a reminder to rewrite them later. >> >> /* FIXME: rewrite this diagnostic */ >> /* TRANSLATORS: no need to translate */ > > Hum, how that comment for the transaltors actually shows up in their > tools ? xgettext copies comments marked with "TRANSLATORS:" to the *.po files. > Honnestly I would rather avoid aving the string sent to them if we > know they can't do anything. Sure, we'd rather have good diagnostics everywhere, and still be able to automatically check for unmarked diagnostics. I've proposed a compromise that lets us defer the tedious (and low-priority, imho) work of improving diagnostics that are unlikely to be seen. If that is unsatisfactory, can you propose something else? -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list