Question about po file release process

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2019-05-10 09:23:11 -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> As part of a release from master, one of my steps is to run "cd po && make
> update-po".  You can see what this does by looking at po/Makefile.in.in:
> "msgmerge $lang.po mutt.pot > $lang.new.po; mv $lang.new.po $lang.po"
> 
> However, I've noticed that this changes formatting and wraps lines, and at
> least some translators have to spend time each release fixing up their po
> files again.
> 
> Does this list have any advice about the process?  I notice there is a
> "--no-wrap" flag for msgmerge.  Would it be better to add that flag?  Or are
> there other changes I should make to update the process?

I would be OK for both. But I suggest not to change unless there is
some complaint.

FYI, I use Emacs + po-mode, which does not wrap, but I tend to run
"make update-po" again after my edits to ensure that everything is
consistent.

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