Re: [Gnumed-devel] Some country names now accented - problem with generic

[Busser, Jim]

On 2011-11-30, at 3:58 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> Unfortunately it means that I missed to consider this point
> and that the generic translation target introduces an
> undesired side-effect.
> 
> Point in case why minor version changes should be kept
> extremely limited and best restricted to actual bug fixes.
> I've been fairly liberal with applying changes to 1.1 and
> that's what we get from doing so.

So far I would not consider the above any problem, it is making a better GNUmed 
…


> As it stands the generic translation target (and hence a
> data pack for it) should only be applied if *really* needed.
> 
> I'll disable the "generic" target again - I've always said
> this approach is a crutch at best - and it shows.


Mainly it underscores the need for users and their IT support to think through 
a feature before they decide to use it. This side effect is completely 
reversible by removing the generic translations since it is the orig and not 
translational string that is relied upon to maintain data integrity.

Had I taken more time to inspect the Portuguese data source, it would have 
occurred to me that not all users would wish to be shown accented versions and 
so it would have made more sense for me to have scripted those accented place 
names to be inserted with lang 'pt' not lang 'generic' and we can concede what 
I was scripting did not yet even make it to the state of released data pack. :-)

-- Jim