Re: [Translation-i18n] Re: Proposal for declinations in gettext

[martin v loewis de (Martin v. =?iso-8859-15?q?L=F6wis?=)]

Danilo Segan <dsegan@gmx.net> writes:

> Unfortunately, it's a fix that would work only for future programs
> which we're planning, or planning to update with localization
> support, but it wouldn't work for programs currently in existence
> (it would work, but they would require changes).

Something needs to change, yes. Changing the source code of a program
that does not properly work with a certain language to support this
language (and potentially other languages) seems very reasonable to
me. Without changes to existing software, i18n wouldn't be were it is
today.

Regards,
Martin