gregormi added a comment.
In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7130#132857, @ltoscano wrote: > In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7130#132425, @gregormi wrote: > > > In https://phabricator.kde.org/D7130#132409, @ltoscano wrote: > > > > > Just update the English messages. > > > More generally, why do we need copies of the system desktop files (even the ones developed by KDE, org.kde.filelight.desktop?) Isn't there a way to use the existing desktop files if installed? We don't want to duplicate what exists. > > > > > > KMoreTools provides information about applications (gives hints about their existence) that are maybe not installed yet. Back then, the idea was to reuse the translations in the desktop files. Do the duplicate desktop files cause duplicate translation work? > > Personally, I also find the desktop file handling a bit clumsy, but currently I have no better idea. > > > It may be duplicated work for translations from KDE (translation memory helps, but the message can be non aligned anyway). > This role (show information of non-installed tool) is better suited for appdata. AppData: yes, I also think that these files provide more detailed information and support should be added in the future. The duplicate translation problem would remain, though, wouldn't it? Is it possible to exclude a whole directory from translation? (There one could put pretranslated files taken from the current distribution of the developer) REPOSITORY R304 KNewStuff REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D7130 To: gregormi, ltoscano, elvisangelaccio Cc: ltoscano, #frameworks
