[bug #66510] Add --prefer-cldr option to msginit

[Bruno Haible]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #66510 (group gettext):

I understand the goal, to give a translator more choice.

However, I have two problems with the concrete proposal:

1) Translators use msginit pretty rarely (each time she starts translating a
new package). Therefore msginit is designed to do as much as possible
automatically (even the determination of her email address!). A new option
does not really fit well here.

Also, how would she know that she needs to use this extra option? She runs
msginit once; the result looks fine; why try an extra command-line option?

2) I believe that msginit should prepare the translator's work as best as it
can. That is, if the formula from the plural_table is better, use that; if the
formula from CLDR is better, change the plural_table.

Doing so is tedious, though — which is why a number of bugs in the "Plural
forms" category are still open. Help there is welcome.


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