Re: Source L10n for extensions (ChatZilla, venkman and others)

Robert Kaiser wrote:
> So, to me, it seems that the way to go for those extensions is something 
> Axel called "dependent langpacks" - which is more or less what ChatZilla 
> already uses, but with extension dependency added into it (which is 
> ignored on older applications, so ChatZilla langpacks can easily add 
> them and still be compatible with older apps).
> What this means is that the original extension packages will probably 
> all include the en-US locale as previously, and additionally we'll have 
> every existing additional language as a separate extension (both in 
> SeaMonkey and as XPIs).

As it looks to me that there is basic agreement on this as the technical 
solution, I filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397246 to 
work on this for ChatZilla.
I already have some work in progress lying around on my disk for the 
SeaMonkey repackaging case, but I consider this quite experimental for 
the moment (and of course this depends on ChatZilla being packaged as an 
extension within SeaMonkey, which is a different bug).

This does not mean that this is set in stone - I can't decide that - but 
it's the way I'd like to go for SeaMonkey. I consider what I'm doing 
with this now some kind of experiment on how this can work, and there 
are still some things I need to figure out.
I think we can arrive at a good solution with this though.

Robert Kaiser