Pádraig Brady wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> According to Pádraig Brady on 9/18/2009 8:21 AM: >>> I'd vote for removing the translation help line unconditionally >> >> Hmm. The GNU Coding Standards don't mention the translation bug report >> line, but the gettext manual recommends including it for any program with >> i18n output. After all, translation bugs really are better directed to >> the language team that had the translation issue, rather than the >> developer that can't even understand the language in question. > > Hmm, I wary about adding too much text. > > Perhaps we should leave things as they are. > If someone is looking for more info than is given in --help > they'll look at the man page from which they'll be directed > to the texinfo docs. > >> I can, however, agree that the translation line does not add much in the C >> locale, and probably not in en_ locales. > > Note currently the translation line is not added in the C locale > (and hence is not in the default man pages).
I confess that I am not quite sure that removing the translation line is a good move. What do you think about suppressing it also for en* locales instead of removing it altogether? An alternative: don't emit it into --help, but do insert it into the man page.
