[Gimp-docs] Structural changes -> gettext?

[Alessandro Falappa]

Roman Joost ha scritto:
> Hi folks,
...
> I want to propose to use gettext for translations and use only one
> reference language for our manual. My last inquiry on the mailing list
> showed, that most of you were really annoyed by the mixed up languages
> in the XML files. Back in 2003, it was a new attempt of writing
> documentation, but it turned out to be hardly maintainable with
> a big learning curve for new contributors.

I would cast my vote for gettext

...
> Of course, I'm fully aware of the possible drawbacks of this approach.
> We need a migration strategy to migrate the current content and set a
> reference language. I'd propose English, because every author who want
> to introduce new content need to write it in English first and translate
> it afterwards.

I think it's a reasonable choice

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Alessandro Falappa
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