Re: [PATCH] gitignore: Remove po/*.po and po/LINGUAS
Daniel Kiper <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 01:15:53AM -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote: > po files will now be tracked. This has the following benefits as listed > by Colin Watson: > > * Build processes would no longer be vulnerable to an external server > potentially going down for an extended period of time; they'd be > stuck with outdated translations until the server was fixed or came > up with a workaround, but that's better than nothing. > > * It would be easier to manage branches of stable releases, rather than > assuming that translations downloaded for master will match the POT > files for a stable release. > > * Tests would be able to pass from a clean git checkout without relying > on an external server, improving QA reliability. > > * It would be easier to make and test branches while offline. > > * The translations shipped with a release tarball could be tagged in > git so that it's easy to investigate bugs in them. > > * Downstream distributors would be able to use git branches without > having to fill in additional files. > > Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <[email protected]> Daniel _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel