[Gimp-docs] meaning of strings in po files

[julien]

>> Perhaps users reading the HTML files want to know when the text has
>> been updated and who updated it?
> 
> If the date is e.g. 2006-xx-yy or 2009-xx-yy, what do you (or what does 
> the user) *really* know? For instance, is this text up-to-date?

The last GIMP release was a few monthes ago. If the date is 2006-xx-yy,
then this file has not been updated. When I review files for v2.6, I
always give a new date, even if there is no change in the file.
> 
> The release date of the gimp-help package is probably more helpful.
The last gimp-help-package is 2.4, out of date. Now GIMP has an online
help, with the present status of the help ( well, when our po system is
 OK ;-) .)
> 
>> But the <revnumber> is of no use. Can we delete it keeping the rest?
> 
> According to DTDG, only <date> is required,  everything else is 
> optional, so we can remove <revnumber>.

Good, I'll do that.
> 
> I still think we should remove the <revhistory> entries, maybe adding a
> <!-- $Id$ --> instead, which will be expanded by SVN to
> <!-- $Id: foo.xml 2666 2009-02-30 21:30:00Z author $ -->

If you like. But an hour with seconds... :-(

Julien