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Re: automake and i18n
> Hi,
> Akim Demaille wrote:
>> > It is possible to do the internationalization in such a way, that
>> > automake would still run without libintl-perl being installed.
>> > License problems should not be an issue, libintl-perl is distributed
>> > under the LGPL. As for the required Perl version, Perl 5.004 is
>> > sufficient for libintl-perl.
>> > Comments?
>> Do you know any maintainer that does not know English? In other
>> words, what's the use? Will you translate the documentation too?
> Why are other GNU developer packages like "make" or "gcc"
> internationalized?
Because they are already heavily documented elsewhere. The two
precise examples you chose are GNU versions of world wide spread
utilities.
But I hear your point, I just beg to differ on the relative
importance. And I'm waiting for requests to internationalize
configure, and the messages embedded in the Makefile rules :)