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

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Dirk Stöcker <openstreetmap at dstoecker.de> wrote:
> 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.

No it wasn't one, I was looking at a msgmerge'd file. I didn't realize
that the files were further munged during i18n's ant build process.

I updated the accompanying core directory (my main josm checkout was
elsewhere) which fixed this issue.