So it sounds like we will have annoyances no matter which choice we make:
1. Using "xml2po -k" and keeping entities intact like &NAME; there are translators who will be inconvenienced. They can still substitute translations for the entity -- using the right form of "SomeName," instead of the exact string "&NAME;" -- but there will be no benefit to them in the event the entity changes. They may not even notice that it *has* changed unless they are watching the docs-common/common/entities/po/entities.pot file, and making the mental connection.
2. Using "xml2po -e" and transforming the entities into strings in the POT file, so "&NAME;" becomes "SomeName," it will be painful to change single strings in a minor way, since *many* fuzzy entries potentially result from trivial changes.
We can revert to behavior #2, and I can get this into the POTs for important modules now. I would like opinions within the next 24 hours. We first raised this issue almost two weeks ago in our meeting, summarized here:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-docs-list/2007-March/msg00186.html
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