Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Translation of tla

[Tom Lord]

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    > From: Matthieu Moy <address@hidden>
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    > Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
    > 
    > >     > From: Tez Kamihira <address@hidden>
    > >
    > >     > I got another problem. If we link gettext library, we'll have 
another
    > >     > outer dependency. tla will become fatter and fatter. Installation 
will
    > >     > be difficult more and more. Portability will be worser and worser.
    > >     > Is it permitable ?
    > >
    > > Would it be hard to make it an option?  If not, then let's do that and
    > > make the option disabled by default.  
    > 
    > Is gettext so much bloated ? 
    > 
    > Well almost  all pieces of software  on my computer  are translated in
    > several languages, and I believe most of them use gettext ... 
    > 
    > $ ls foo
    > foo: No such file or directory. 
    > $ setenv LANG fr_FR
    > $ ls foo
    > foo: Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type. 
    > 
    > So, "ls"  can do it  (I'm pretty sure  this uses gettext). Is  "ls" so
    > "fat" ? Same for cat, sed, rm, touch, ...
    > 
    > I  don't think  this is  a problem  to have  dependancies  on gettext.
    > Having an option to disable it is  good, but I don't see any reason to
    > disable it by default.
    > 
    > -- 
    > Matthieu
    > 
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