Re: msgctxt conversion for 2.26 ?

["Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>]

On 11/6/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
>  "Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>, Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:49:55 +0100:
>  > On 10/28/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
>  > > "Kenneth Nielsen" <k nielsen81 gmail com>, Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:26:09
>  > > +0100:
>  > >  > 2008/10/28 Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>:
>  > > (...)
>  > >  > > That's nice, but still, the problem is current from the moment the
>  > >  > > first string migrates. And that was done some months ago. So many
>  > >  > > translators got a problem now. But the most interesting part is
>  > >  > > what the MsgctxtMigration page says:
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > "Warning:
>  > >  > > This is only a proposal at this time, and not approved for
>  > >  > > project-wide application. This should not be applied before being
>  > >  > > officially turned into a GNOME Goal."
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Oh really? Does anybody look at that? Does anybody give a damn
>  > >  > > about that? Just wondering... ;-)
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Yes I remember you objected back then and still someone decided to
>  > >  > test the transition, but now however, we _are_ discussing the
>  > >  > possibility to make it an official GNOME goal! Any input in _that_
>  > >  > subject ;)
>  > >
>  > > Well, then I misunderstood the thread. So please, could this what I
>  > >  might call, say, a discreditable situation be make an official GNOME
>  > > goal finally? Because the migration is already happening for some time,
>  > > and the warning notice seems like a confirmation that the current i18n
>  > > team work is, with all due respect, weak, irresolute, and generally
>  > > gives inconvincible results. Thus please, any senior member, do
>  > > something with that. Thanks.
>  >
>  > Well then. I'm all in favor for making it an official GNOME goal now,
>  > for all the reasons that have already been mentioned a dozen times.
>  >
>  > Danilo, what about you? What do you think about the msgctxt migration
>  > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/MsgctxtMigration)?
>  >
>  > And, what does the members of the Coordination Team think?
>
> I guess that no reply from the people asked above actually means, "we
>  don't care, or we don't have time to care". (We could also think
>  whether it is good for us if the coordinators don't care, or not, but
>  anyway...)
>
>  Can we come to the point now and perform the needed action?

There you go, I have proposed it now:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-November/msg00218.html


Christian