Bug#508505: liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl: please install xgettext.pl in /usr/bin

gregor herrmann gregoa at debian.org
Fri Dec 12 22:43:27 UTC 2008


On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:22:24 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> > `par' and `par-archive' do quite different things though.  In
> > xgettext{,.pl}'s case both programs perform a similar task so there is
> > less chance of confusion.
> Unless xgettext.pl implements gettext's xgettext functionality 1:1, 

You "take the words out of my mouth" (probably a Germanism).

> If Locale::Maketext::Extract::Run emulates xgettext completely 
> (obviously adding more source file formats), then a diversion should 
> be fine, I think.

Ack, if the "new" one is backwards-compatible a diversion seems fine.
If not we have to rename it, and then we have to abide by Policy.
 
Cheers,
gregor 
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