On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote:
> > > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html#gettextize-and-autopoint > [...] > > It is unfortunate that the second practice doesn't really work > nowadays, > > Probably I'm crazy, but maybe gettext should simply be removed from > gnulib? Then users could update it through the standard > gettext-provided mechanisms without any interference from gnulib, and > conversely. > > I admit I've never been clear on what is gained by having gettext in > gnulib, since typically (always?) gettext files are not updated between > releases anyway. It sure adds a lot of complexity for everyone. -k > > "Needless redundancy is the hobgoblin of software engineering." author unknown , as quoted in Dornell and Margolis _Software Engineering in C_, Springer-Verlag
