> 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 :)
