Re: [PATCH] version-etc.c: Do not include URLS in translatable strings.

2019-05-11 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi John, > This method is better for several reasons: 1. It avoids the danger of > cut and paste errors. 2. Naive translators can't translate the urls > (it's amazing how many do things like that!) 3. Should the urls ever > change, only this file has to be updated rather than every single > tran

Re: [PATCH] version-etc.c: Do not include URLS in translatable strings.

2019-05-06 Thread Bruno Haible
Ben Pfaff wrote: > > -License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > > .\n\ > > +License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <%s>.\n\ > > Does anyone ever try to translate the "GPLv3+" part? If so, then it > could be taken out as well. The Serbian translators tra

Re: [PATCH] version-etc.c: Do not include URLS in translatable strings.

2019-05-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 08:21:34PM +0200, John Darrington wrote: > This method is better for several reasons: 1. It avoids the danger of > cut and paste errors. 2. Naive translators can't translate the urls > (it's amazing how many do things like that!) 3. Should the urls ever > change, only this

[PATCH] version-etc.c: Do not include URLS in translatable strings.

2019-05-06 Thread John Darrington
This method is better for several reasons: 1. It avoids the danger of cut and paste errors. 2. Naive translators can't translate the urls (it's amazing how many do things like that!) 3. Should the urls ever change, only this file has to be updated rather than every single translation. * lib/vers