[josm-dev] Why are some .po strings commented out when downloaded from launchpad?

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> When I download the current Icelandic (is.po) translation from
> launchpad some msgid/msgstr pairs are commented out, seemingly without
> any reason I can see in the launchpad web interface. For instance:
>
> # Commented out:
> https://translations.launchpad.net/josm/trunk/+pots/keys/is/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=Update+Data
> # Not commented out:
> https://translations.launchpad.net/josm/trunk/+pots/keys/is/+translate?batch=10&show=all&search=Save+and+Exit
>
> Both have a "Current Icelandic" version and an indicator that they've
> been translated.
>
> Attached are the last 200 lines of is.po. The commented messages begin
> at line 127.

Are you sure this is a Launchpad download? This looks more like a 
'msgmerge'd file. And if a msgmerge results in active strings disabled, 
then probably your SVN is not up-to-date in all parts.

Ciao
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