Re: CVS & Gettext

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden> Date: 10 Apr 2002 19:41:20
>> +0200
>> 
>> My question is probably a bit stupid, but, I'm a bit lost with the
>> current content of Gettext.  Before, it was simple: intl/ is not to
>> be put under CVS for a given project, since it's brought by
>> gettextize.  Therefore, just cvsignore the whole intl/.

Paul> I suggest using AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]); that way you don't
Paul> need to do anything about intl/ because intl/ does not exist.
Paul> That's what I did for GNU diffutils and it has simplified its
Paul> software distribution process.  (Thanks, Bruno, for that
Paul> option!)

Err, but is this really what is recommended?  It means, if my reading
is correct, that you will simply not use internationalization on
systems that don't have GNU Gettext.  I can understand the logic
behind it, but up to now, there was a certain consensus of `best
effort' for poor environments.


One note, BTW, the Gettext documentation does not make its version
explicit in the top node.  This is customary for Texinfo
documentation, and very helpfully to quickly find whether the info
page you read is the proper one.

Thanks!