[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 70] validate i18n strings when running "make lint"

[John Dennis]

Translatable strings have certain requirements for proper translation
and run time behaviour. We should routinely validate those strings. A
recent checkin to install/po/test_i18n.py makes it possible to validate
the contents of our current pot file by searching for problematic strings.

However, we only occasionally generate a new pot file, far less
frequently than translatable strings change in the source base. Just
like other checkin's to the source which are tested for correctness we
should also validate new or modified translation strings when they are
introduced and not accumulate problems to fix at the last minute. This
would also raise the awareness of developers as to the requirements for
proper string translation.

The top level Makefile should be enhanced to create a temporary pot
files from the current sources and validate it. We need to use a
temporary pot file because we do not want to modify the pot file under
source code control and exported to Transifex.

-- 
John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>

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