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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Cc: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org, "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail•com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð" <avarab@gmail•com>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail•com>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx•de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] [RFH] Introduce support for GETTEXT_POISON=rot13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:50:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa6te3per.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X/2JTsoUj3nAQcMi@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 12 Jan 2021 06:34:38 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff•net> writes:

> Likewise, I'm not sure that one can reliably rot13 an output for
> test_i18ncmp. It could contain mixed translated and untranslated bits
> from different messages.

As long as <rot13>...</rot13> marking can be trusted (and it cannot
be, but if we declare it is OK to punt, then by definition we can),
I think the messages can be compared.

> So I dunno. You did find two spots where translations could be used.
> But if nobody actually saw them to care that they got translated, were
> they important? I may be a bit biased as somebody who would not use the
> translations in the first place, of course.

I viewed the series with interest, mostly (i.e. 80%+) for its "fun
value"; I tend to agree with you that I doubt its usefulness.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-12 19:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-12  8:47 [PATCH 00/11] [RFH] Introduce support for GETTEXT_POISON=rot13 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 01/11] tests: remove unnecessary GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=false constructs Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  9:07   ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 02/11] Support GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=rot13 Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12 19:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 03/11] parse-options: add forgotten translations Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 04/11] sha1dc: mark forgotten message for translation Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12 11:37   ` Jeff King
2021-01-12 19:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-15 15:43     ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-01-15 16:29       ` Jeff King
2021-01-18 14:26         ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-01-18 21:06           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-19 15:52             ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 05/11] t0006: use `test_i18ncmp` only for C locales Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 06/11] t0041: stop using `test_i18ngrep` on untranslated output Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 07/11] t0027: mark a function as requiring the C locale Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 08/11] t6301: do not expect the output of `for-each-ref` to be translated Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 09/11] GETTEXT_POISON=rot13: do compare the output in `test_i18ncmp` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12 19:47   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-15 15:44     ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-01-15 19:58       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-18 14:36         ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 10/11] GETTEXT_POISON=rot13: perform actual checks in `test_i18ngrep` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12  8:47 ` [PATCH 11/11] test-tool i18n: do not complain about empty messages Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-01-12 11:34 ` [PATCH 00/11] [RFH] Introduce support for GETTEXT_POISON=rot13 Jeff King
2021-01-12 19:50   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-01-13  7:32     ` Jeff King
2021-01-16  6:38     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-12 13:32 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-15 16:13   ` Johannes Schindelin

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