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Re: Feature: msgfmt should not include messages if msgid==msgstr


From: Chusslove Illich
Subject: Re: Feature: msgfmt should not include messages if msgid==msgstr
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:17:44 +0200
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> [: Simos Xenitellis :]
> What should be done is for msgfmt to check if a translation really needs
> to be included (whether msgid==msgstr), and try not to include those
> messages.

Wouldn't this have adverse affect to the language fallback mechanism? For
example, if the user has set $LANGUAGE to lang1:lang2, and lang1 PO had
given message same as original, while lang2 had it different, under the no-
inclusion rule the user would get lang2 string, which is wrong.

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Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)

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