Re: Fw: gettext support

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:31:57PM +0100, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> On Jun/22/2009, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Carles Pina i Estany 
> > <address@hidden>wrote:
> > Actually I think it would be a good move to provide translations of e.g.
> > error strings, output and help texts even if I personally will never use
> > this feature. In other words I would translate the same parts as are
> > translated in a typical linux counterparts. But I would like to discuss
> > other possibilities as well.
> 
> same feelings here
> 
> Robert, I think that Ubuntu people was interested to translate Grub. Do
> they want to translate only the frontcover or all messages? (for
> example, to do something as easy as adding init=/bin/bash in one
> operating system entry, that users may have to do even if Grub is
> working...)
> 
> The patch to translate Grub (booting time) is not very big and should
> not add problems in terms of Grub mantainability (when it's done). 

I suppose input from them will be helpful.  Let's CC them.

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Robert Millan

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