Re: tweaking and syncing ABOUT-NLS?

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Karl,

> It seems the canonical ABOUT-NLS is maintained in
> gettext/gettext-runtime.  Is that right?
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/tree/gettext-runtime/ABOUT-NLS

It is generated from this TeXinfo file:
  
<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/tree/gettext-runtime/doc/nls.texi>

> Perhaps its being sourced as part of the gettext manual to the top of
> the file, since it's not necessarily evident when a user sees it as part
> of another package.

The gettext manual contains the same topics in greater depth.

> Also perhaps delete the "going" in Francois's excited first sentence
> (Free software is going international!), since time has moved on.
> 
> Also, would it be ok if I sync-ed it into gnulib, to make it easier to
> get new versions?

This entire file needs to be largely revamped. Only the "Using this package"
section is more or less up-to-date.

> Finally, the information in "INSTALL Matters" about having an included
> gettext seems out of date, since packages typically don't include (and
> aren't recommended to include) gettext any more.  Right?

Right. Especially because this way of including libintl in a package will
be deprecated in the next gettext release.

If you want to rewrite this entire file, you're welcome! I don't really
know to whom it should speak: to the end users, to the developers, to
the translators, or to all three groups?

Bruno