From kde-core-devel Sat Dec 12 05:39:15 2009 From: Albert Astals Cid Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:39:15 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: using gettext for .desktop translations Message-Id: <200912120539.15545.aacid () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=126059640731940 A Dissabte 12 Desembre 2009 03:23:26, Martin Sandsmark va escriure: > On Saturday 12. December 2009 02.13.11 Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > It's already been done in Ubuntu and SuSE. Nobody has noticed any > > notable overhead. > > Has anyone actually run some tests to see how much things slow down? The > threshold for "reporting" slowness or sluggishness (which I guess the > downsides from this would be) is pretty high, in my experience. > > It might make some things less complex, but if it comes with a significant > (though negligible by itself) overhead, I'm not sure if it is a great idea > (since the problem this new approach is solving is already solved > satisfactorily by the current approach and tools, without the added > overhead). > I'm with Martin here, i'd like proof that overhead does not happen because common sense says it does. Albert