[josm-dev] Wanted: Plugin Translation With Launchpad HowTo

[Dirk Stöcker]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2013, Holger Mappt wrote:

> Actually, it's just plugins/build-common.xml that needs to be changed. I 
> would not change plugins that don't use that file.  It's most beneficial for 
> new plugins anyway.

How should changing the commons file help you to add other languages?

>>  While placing them in the manifest would actually be the PROPER way I
>>  never really found the energy to do so, as there is no real benefit.
>
> It's hard to measure the benefit of internationalization.  But that doesn't 
> mean it shouldn't be done.

I18N is already complete as it is now. What can be done is only a cleaner 
interface by storing data at the right place, but it is a lot of work and 
no user visible result. And probably some side-effects nobody knows yet.

Ciao
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