On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:05:56 +0100, Dirk Lehmann <deb...@dj-l.de> wrote: >I have a bit played around with `msgmerge` and found a way to display >a `diff` which contains the translations which will be destroyed if >you merge a .po file from a translator > > * test-de_DE-transl.po > >into your maintained one > > * test-de_DE.po > >in conjunction with the current generated .pot file > > * test.pot > >The essential code snippet looks like this > >********************************************************************** >* >* msgmerge -q -C test-de_DE-transl.po test-de_DE.po test.pot \ >* > test-de_DE-maint+transl.po >* msgmerge -vv -q -C test-de_DE.po test-de_DE-transl.po test.pot \ >* > test-de_DE-transl+maint.po >* >* # Print out the new merged .po file >* cat test-de_DE-transl+maint.po >* >* # Show the diff of destroyed translations (including comments) >* diff -u test-de_DE-maint+transl.po test-de_DE-transl+maint.po >* >**********************************************************************
I think this is way beyond what we could expact from J Random Package Maintainer, unless it is fully automated and can be documented and packaged. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402
