#29712: Add warning in makemessages command if the localecode with `l` flag is
not
correct
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Reporter: Sanyam Khurana | Owner: (none)
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Internationalization | Version: 2.1
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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Description changed by Sanyam Khurana:
Old description:
> The translations only work when the locale involving region code is
> generated as this:
>
> `zh_CN` for Simplified Chinese
>
> Notice here that the region code should be in capital letters for the
> `django.po` file in the directory to correctly work.
>
> If we do `makemessages` as
>
> `python manage.py makemessages -l zh_cn`
> OR
> `python manage.py makemessages -l zh-cn`
>
> It wouldn't work and no error is produced even after running
> compilemessages, which can leave people baffled for a while.
>
> I would suggest adding a warning/error messages if the locale is used
> incorrectly. That would certainly be a great help.
>
> I can make a patch for this as well.
New description:
Hey Calude,
What about normalizing the directory name to something that would just
work.
For example,
No matter, if the developer is doing all these:
`python manage.py makemessages -l zh_cn`
`python manage.py makemessages -l zh_CN`
`python manage.py makemessages -l ZH_CN`
`python manage.py makemessages -l ZH-CN`
etc.
we, just normalize the directory name to `zh_CN` and it would work.
I'm still about to read the code of `makemessages` command and probably if
there are any more checks than just this, then we'll have to figure out
another way all together.
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