[iwhd] maint: don't VC po/*.po files; instead, pull at bootstrap time

Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net
Tue Dec 6 19:18:46 UTC 2011


Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> On Tue,  6 Dec 2011 17:39:42 +0000 (UTC)
> Jim Meyering <meyering at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
>> +++ b/bootstrap.conf
>> +po_download_command_format='(cd po && tx pull -a)'
>
> This may be a little confusing if someone who's not familiar with the
> Transifex follows instructions. What do you think about this:
>
> diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
> index 377e14f..c03c6d0 100644
> --- a/README-hacking
> +++ b/README-hacking
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ few prerequisites, later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.
>
>  You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
>
> -        $ git clone git://repo.or.cz/iwhd.git
> +        $ git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/iwhd.git
>          $ cd iwhd

Oh!  Good one.

>  As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ reduce download time and disk space requirements:
>  The next step is to get and check other files needed to build,
>  which are extracted from other source packages:
>
> -        $ ./bootstrap
> +        $ ./bootstrap #[--skip-po] [+]

Worth noting.  Thanks.

>  To use the most-recent gnulib (as opposed to the gnulib version that
>  the package last synchronized to), do this next:
> @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ should output no difference.
>
>  Enjoy!
>
> +[+] Use the --skip-po if you do not have an account at transifex.net,
> +where the translations are kept.

I amended to the footnote:

commit 06810912ddd09b5edd92b2e74f307a8008086b15
Author: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev at redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Dec 6 20:03:48 2011 +0100

    doc: fix/improve README-hacking

    * README-hacking: Correct the git:// URL.
    Mention the --skip-po option, now that it requires a transifex.net
    account and network access.

diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 377e14f..6eecd24 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ few prerequisites, later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.

 You can get a copy of the source repository like this:

-        $ git clone git://repo.or.cz/iwhd.git
+        $ git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/iwhd.git
         $ cd iwhd

 As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ reduce download time and disk space requirements:
 The next step is to get and check other files needed to build,
 which are extracted from other source packages:

-        $ ./bootstrap
+        $ ./bootstrap #[--skip-po] [+]

 To use the most-recent gnulib (as opposed to the gnulib version that
 the package last synchronized to), do this next:
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ should output no difference.

 Enjoy!

+[+] Use the --skip-po option if you do not have an account at
+transifex.net, where the translations are kept, or if you don't
+have network access.
+
 [*] The --enable-gcc-warnings option is useful only with glibc
 and with a very recent version of gcc.  You'll probably also have
 to use recent system headers.  If you configure with this option,


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