Re: Binutils bug-reporting

[Ian Lance Taylor <ian at zembu dot com>]

   Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 22:05:03 +1000 (EST)
   From: Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>

   On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Philippe De Muyter wrote:

   > For the sake of internationalization, would it not be better to split that
   > into `Report bugs to %s' and the address part ?

   Hmm.  I'll change the patch to

   #define REPORT_BUGS_TO   _("Report bugs to bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org")
   and
   fprintf (stream, REPORT_BUGS_TO);

   Looks cleaner in the fprintf, and also can be very easily changed as
   you suggest.  I can't see any benefit though in splitting the string.
   I suppose it might trim the size of po files a little (at the expense of
   slightly larger executables).  Surely translators don't need a cue to
   "translate this phrase, but not this url"?  Enlighten me if there's some
   other reason.

Philippe makes a good point.  Somebody who wants to change the bug
reporting address should only have to change one place.  If we put the
bug reporting address into a translated string, then somebody who
wants to change the bug reporting address will also have to change all
the translations.

In short, the bug reporting address should not be translated.

Ian