Hi Helge, On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 05:43:05PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Am Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 04:00:59PM +0100 schrieb Marc Haber: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 08:51:20PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > Ah, you do everything in the debian/rules file, there you make the > > > appropriate call. So then the Makefile is pure cosmetic, isn't it? > > > > Maybe. I have removed it in my experimental work tree and will see > > whether this breaks anything. Will report back. Probably not this week. > > > > > And since you set the limit to 95% (rather than the common 80%) quite > > > a few files are currently not build. > > > > That's a matter of style. I despise switching back and forth between > > langauges in the same paragraph, so I have set the hurdle a bit higher. > > Is that bad? > > Po4a is paragraph based, so either a paragraph is rended in english > (if the translation does not exist or is outdated) or in the target > language. > > Jumping back and forth between languages is of course not optimal, but > usually 80% is a good compromise, especially since translators are a > scarce ressource.
I might overlook the connection between incomplete translations not being used and the scarce resource translators. Am I wasting translator's time by waiting for them to work? > And consider the following scenario: > You add a new sections with lots of paragraphs, or quite a few new > options. Then the translation might drop below 95%, but actually the > new text is not "randomly" scattered over the man page, but limited in > one part. So having the rest in the users language can still be a > coherent reading experience (and the user might not be interested in > these new options or might not need the new section). With short phrases it might even result in lange changing mid-sentence. > If you want it really simple, then take my toy package linuxinfo. But > I cannot guarantee that I considered all corner cases correctly, I'm > not a programmer and my autoconf is, well, basic. Will look. > And I'm pretty sure some right combination of "apt*" tool command will > print you all packages using (build depending on) po4a. Yes, but that doesnt show me whether po4a is being used correctly or just by another maintainer with semi-knowledge like mine. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
