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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Different formulas for plurals in Qt and KDE
From:       Pino Toscano <pino () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-04-11 10:50:48
Message-ID: 1631024.WmLIVZCvA2 () dhcp130-204 ! brq ! redhat ! com
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On Friday 11 April 2014 11:22:11 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> >>> *) Tier 2,3,x stuff could use "normal" KDE i18n infrastructure, is
> >>> that right?
> >> 
> >> Indeed. A few tier 2 and 3 frameworks do not use ki18n right now
> >> (kauth, kbookmarks, kcompletion, kcrash, kdesignerplugin, kdnssd,
> >> kjobwidgets, knotifications). Now that ki18n is tier 1, maybe it
> >> is a good idea to bring
> >> those frameworks back to ki18n?
> >> 
> >  From a systematic point of view, this would be the logic way to go,
> >  but> 
> > maybe are there other reasons for not using ki18n?
> 
> Linking to one less library is always desirable for performance
> reasons, but I believe the gain may not be perceptible. That is up to
> the framework maintainers to decide I think.

I had the fear this framework "reorganization" would have been the 
excuse to kick our i18n in the name of "less dependencies", and this 
thread just confirmed us translators this is _exactly_ what it is 
happening. Thanks for this.

As usual, i18n in KDE by non-i18n people is always handled as an 
afterthough, a poor 2nd (or even 3rd) class citizen.

Sadness overall...

-- 
Pino Toscano
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