16 Nov
2009
16 Nov
'09
7:53 a.m.
2009/10/30 Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon(a)au-kbc.org>rg>:
actually most Indian developers add i18n later, very
few i18n their code by
default. When 'bolting' i18n into their code, errors creep in which are only
noticed by the translator. Once the coders get into the habit, then these
FWIW, i18n was added into Everybuddy about 3 years after it was first
developed and Ayttm inherited that code. The code then moved from
developer to developer, not all of whom understand everything (or
anything) about i18n. For the most part the project has always had
1-1.5 developers working on it unlike some larger projects that have
6-8 full time developers and tens of part time contributors. Given
this, a manual review has always been impossible. One just takes what
one gets and hopes someone sends in a patch or explains the problems
clearly.