[RFC] Bazaar internationalization (i18n)

[John Arbash Meinel]

Martin Pool wrote:
> On 4/23/07, Tobias Toedter <t.toedter at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've started to add internationalization capabilities to bzr. Please
>> take a
>> look at the blueprint here:
>> <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/bzr/+spec/i18n>
>>
>> You'll find the branch associated with the blueprint.
>>
>> If the general implementation seems correct to you, I could start to make
>> all translatable program messages use the gettext() resp. _() function.
> 
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> Internationalizing Bazaar's ui would be good.
> 
> People have previously raised the concern that using python gettext
> would increase Bazaar's startup time, which is something we are trying
> to reduce.  So it might be good to do some experiments at an early
> stage to find out:
> 
> 1- How long does loading gettext and a message catalog take when done
> during bzr startup?
> 
> 2- If it's noticeable, is there any feasible alternative?
> Hypothetically we could try compiling the strings into a python file -
> I don't know if that would be practical or faster.
> 

It doesn't matter anymore. We are using 'optparse' which loads gettext.
So we already are paying for it.

John
=:->