> > Let's imagine, you start translating mysql.xml. This is not
> > a small file, so you can't complete it in a day. You copy
> > the mysql.xml file yourself to a separate directory, as
> > you probably won't follow the modifications in the mysql.xml
> > file as you translate, because the translation takes weeks.
> > One week later, when you again have time to translate, you can
> > see the $Revision tag in the copied english file, while the
> > one in CVS is newer, so your point of what you are translating
> > would be lost.
> 
> We have some translations from May 2000. The only possibility to get this
> translation into sync with the English version is, compare the file
> modification time with the revisions in cvs.php.net till that time and
> make all modifications since that time. One revision tag is IMHO still
> useless.

Please read my text above again. That mysql.xml from the en tree
was weeks old, when translated and commited to the de tree
(just imagine). So time is not a good factor. Revision is
exact. You can make a diff, and don't need to make tips, what
revision it was...

Goba

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