[Phpmyadmin-devel] message freeze and versions

[Marc Delisle]

Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
> 2011/5/13 Michal Čihař <michal at cihar.com>:
>> Hi
>>
>> Dne Fri, 13 May 2011 06:05:04 -0400
>> Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
>>
>>> Le 2011-05-13 06:01, Michal Čihař a écrit :
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> Dne Fri, 13 May 2011 05:35:41 -0400
>>>> Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
>>>>
>>>>> I believe that in the past, when a version was released, new messages
>>>>> were added only for the next version, so we shouldn't be adding messages
>>>>> for 3.4?
>>>> I don't think there was ever strict rule for this. I think it's okay to
>>>> add new messages if needed...
>>> I'm not sure of that, because to me it (almost) means a new feature.
>> Well usually yes, but it should be really decided case by case.
> 
> A new message could be considered (or is part of) a new feature, but
> what about typos, wrong messages or badly formulated existing
> messages?
> 
> I'm not entirely sure, but when changing just one character in a
> message, is it considered a new message when regenerating the po
> files, or does gettext notice it's only a small change to an existing
> message and keep the translations of the original message attached to
> it?

I think it's considered a new message; so it depends if we think that 
translators will retranslate the changes in time for, say, 3.4.1.


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