On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 6:01 AM Daniel Santos <dacs.git@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 08:20:13AM +0800, Jiang Xin wrote: > > > > A new git clone of git.git is about 150MB in size, while the "po/" > > history occupies 28MB. By removing the location line numbers, > > the size can be reduced from 28MB to 6MB. > > > > See: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20220504124121.12683-1-worldhello.net@xxxxxxxxx/ > > That is an improvement of size only for few people. On GNU/Linux > install of git by most users is done through packages, and most git > users of other OS, also will not receive this improvement. We, l10n contributors, only need to make a small setup to our local repository, and we can avoid uncontrolled growth of files under "po/", resulting in more than 50% of the Git repository capacity coming from l10n a day. See patch 9/9 or this link: * https://github.com/jiangxin/git/blob/avar/new-l10n-workflow/po/README.md?plain=1#L160-L171 > Have you considered how the removal of these lines from the po files > will affect the quality of the translation work? > For new translator, not having these lines might make them less prone > to understand po files usage in C? > And probably make them contribute less to i18n C code? The location numbers will always be there in your po/pt_PT.po. Please read: * https://github.com/jiangxin/git/blob/review/avar/po/README.md?plain=1#L133-L158 > Has these implementation upgrade better benefits than counter effects? > > It is worth discussing this. The new l10n workflow is open for discussion, see patch 9/9 or this link: * https://github.com/jiangxin/git/blob/avar/new-l10n-workflow/po/README.md?plain=1#L60-L95 -- Jiang Xin
