Update po files

Hannie Dumoleyn lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl
Mon Feb 6 17:06:40 UTC 2012


Op 06-02-12 17:58, Matthew East schreef:
> On 6 February 2012 15:24, Hannie Dumoleyn<lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>  wrote:
>> Ok, I am almost satisfied with your answers, except for the last one. I
>> specifically mentioned that the bug also still appears in the Oneiric
>> version. So my next question is: why is it not fixed in the ubuntu-docs
>> project, Oneiric version? The reason why I am so persistent about this is
>> that this typo was only an example; there are more typos in the Oneiric
>> version.
> We don't tend to fix bugs in stable releases after the release has
> already been made unless they are quite serious.
>
> The reason for this is that if we fix the typo, we will break all the
> translations of that string, and translators then need to redo that
> work. There are exceptions to this, but we have to make sure they are
> carefully planned so that we can release new translations of the
> strings at the same time.
>
Thank you so much for your patience while answering my stupid questions ):
It does give me more insight in how things work behind the scenes. Now I 
can safely translate strings with typos in stable versions without the 
fear of losing them.
Regards,
Hannie




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