Hi All, It is common in translation teams when a message does not need/require translation to simply copy the "msgid" content to "msgstr". For example,
msgid "GConf" msgstr "GConf" This is quite common for the locales en_GB, en_CA where the vast majority of the messages remain the same. The problem arises from the fact that when compiling those PO files into MO files (with "msgfmt"), the copied messages are included, contributing to an increased size of the file on disk, and also in memory when the application is loaded. The issue is, those copied messages could have been ommited entirely in the MO file as the running application does not need them (it can use the message text that is already included in the executable). I blogged about this at http://blogs.gnome.org/simos/2007/07/23/important-mo-file-optimisation-for-en_-locales-and-partly-others/ I sent a bug report at the gettext bugs email address. If anyone knows of an alternative way to get in contact with the gettext developers, please tell me. Simos _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
