From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26C1620374 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725908AbfDUXoW (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:44:22 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f51.google.com ([209.85.128.51]:55381 "EHLO mail-wm1-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725821AbfDUXoW (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:44:22 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f51.google.com with SMTP id o25so12603045wmf.5 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:44:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=C4JdThpuXyKTqrGTrv9y5R4n2x6d6eP+RYEjyG6kU3M=; b=NZLpX+MMLWVu1pqE4Je8ftNigo8HXaXU1M2ZhT5kWNREhaWWIuWzGYrs1l1zCsKch7 +CjOe0LJNXGSP+9kNbuRxY+Uf8i+kOj0SV0HKjTbV6VhACV3M6Gmorh0gDHXm1u7OgD2 phTARdcXv7CB3YHyFEHlQjxfVJZmaNRlZE/fYmQ1MuW2VURdJewAMaUPK/viJzH105h2 ZjbE01JdJY+MrAPJT2qoHxI0JsR+epRmD86nA52+J7QwF84UdgP+c/dZIJyk8FjQEtQu opkgnji5M0FhL4dQAP3gRe8hnzIi4A9NOeOqtV6iWD3O8HEBpHLUaFiXKYwT/EOTcOQC InIw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=C4JdThpuXyKTqrGTrv9y5R4n2x6d6eP+RYEjyG6kU3M=; b=crkVF5nnTiz3BtWbHuuZYO/32NsgFuhYv1k7euEiUIOAQQvCYNZMzY+2Z0p9jzMmal EYQZ0C5oKpkJBq3tTEUwIcrSViC+bNsv1ewzxDTXNim0Ti17xxeQYTdDXDM09UCFfbVK rtxRaH71Vp2eJQDWBLikTI+hKT2X1aIaIT6Am4p+DmaGsx6cNUB69PNVKaOTrky+S+sh 9coZuC9jdTCAfa5MLexb4AnykAVkjiqNglgYwEMQwThuwVmg0C1+H8NA9hfoPcTXQ4pG OpcnwWQ+TG2iOiLWLtg3RJbt+oo7Gjz+LEthRGWdG/TXWxYvhvfQpA/S0iqrNl6pELcp DOmw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVOkF9Ox2jjGBVU3kwt2zYen2ciLbDa0pkaxlatex4M8WcxupFg gH05p5djcn0PdURyi2xIRlE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwrTHGvNg/YPB8y0c38L/7jG2TKOC520KpM5BJJtgEIWUSt+7Ini6V3JkgseWaTyFb3YooyWQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:3507:: with SMTP id c7mr9652209wma.20.1555890260252; Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:44:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (141.255.76.34.bc.googleusercontent.com. [34.76.255.141]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j190sm13363100wmb.19.2019.04.21.16.44.19 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:44:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Philip Oakley Cc: Andrew Janke , git@vger.kernel.org, Jiang Xin Subject: Re: gettext, multiple Preferred languages, and English References: Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:44:19 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Philip Oakley's message of "Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:59:48 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Philip Oakley writes: > On 21/04/2019 12:08, Andrew Janke wrote: > https://public-inbox.org/git/d001a2b5-57c3-1eb3-70fd-679919bb2eb6@apjanke.net/ >> I don't think it would even have >> to be actively maintained, because for new message strings that aren't >> included in the .po file, it would fall back to the non-translated input >> strings, which are in English anyway, which is the desired behavior. > Given the above comment, could the en.po file > (https://github.com/apjanke/git/blob/english-dummy-translation/po/en.po) > be some very very short version with only one 'translated' string? Or use LC_ALL=C and be done with it? > This may be a way-off comment, but if it could be such a simple > maintenance free file then that sounds sensible. > > also adding in Jiang Xin , the coordinator > for extra comment. > > Philip