Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms

From	raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos)
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded, comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms
Date	2017-09-09 12:37 +0000
Organization	Go wash your mouth.
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Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:17:56 -0700, Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
> 
> >Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> writes:

> >> Well yes, (and ours are text based), but I've yet to see a SCM that
> >> can tell you that someone updated the English version of message#14,
> >> but hasn't validated or updated the Italian one yet.  You can
> >> certainly get a diff and manually see where changes have been made,
> >> but that still leaves you with a manual comparison to the
> >> translations, and no way of tracking that the validations have been
> >> done.
> >
> >The "git blame" command tells you, for each line in a file, when that
> >line was most recently modified.  Other SCMs have similar tools.
> >I imagine you could build some tools on top of that that could
> >warn you, for example, that the English version of message #14 was
> >updated yesterday but the Italian version hasn't been changed in
> >the last year.
> 
> A problem is when a change needs to be made to only some translations
> of a message.  Let's say the English one was awkwardly worded, and
> thus modified, but (some of) the other translations don't need to be
> changed (although they should probably be reviewed).

I'd like to point out that none of that is a technical problem. It's a
management (and sometimes political) problem, and therefore needs a
solution at a management level, not primarily a technical one. There may
be technical _aids_ to the managerial solution, but not a technical
solution /per se/.

Richard

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Multi-language support on embedded plarforms pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2017-09-05 09:30 +0200
  Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-05 10:43 +0200
    Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-05 09:56 -0500
      Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-06 07:50 +1200
        Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-05 17:11 -0500
          Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-05 15:17 -0700
            Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-05 19:19 -0500
              Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-09-09 12:37 +0000
                Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-09 16:16 -0500
                Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-09-15 17:17 +0000
          Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Allan Herriman <allanherriman@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-06 11:27 +0000
  Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2017-09-05 10:04 +0100
    Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-09-06 10:55 +0100
  Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-09-05 17:00 -0400
  Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-07 10:55 -0700
    Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-09-07 18:41 +0000
    Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2017-09-08 11:33 +0200
      Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-09-08 11:32 +0100
        Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-08 13:37 +0200
          Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-09-08 14:48 +0100
            Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-08 16:45 +0200
  Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2017-09-08 10:43 -0400
    Re: Multi-language support on embedded plarforms Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2017-09-08 17:33 +0000

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