GNU bug report logs - #18054
Problematic translation strings in coreutils 8.22‏

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Message #25 received at 18054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 18054 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, sebras <at> hotmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#18054: Problematic translation strings in coreutils 8.22
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 09:19:38 -0700

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Bernhard Voelker
<mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> wrote:
> On 07/19/2014 04:57 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
>> [...]
>> Problem reported by Sebastian Rasmussen in: http://bugs.gnu.org/18054
>
> This feels wrong.
> As Padraig often said, we should encourage people to contribute
> to the coreutils project.  So if someone provides a rough idea
> or a loose diff, we'd usually add an entry in THANKS.in, and if
> the contributor even took the effort to provide a clean patch,
> then we should commit in his/her name.
> This will encourage them to continue with further contributions.

I agree.  Thank you for articulating that.

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