"MvL" == Martin v Löwis
writes:
>> I'd be thrilled to have you work on the Portuguese >> translations. I have your tarball dated 2-Jul-2002 which I >> will now install, and update all the proper Makefile machinery >> to add the `pt' language. MvL> Given the subject, I assume that this should really be MvL> 'pt_BR'. My understanding is that the two Portuguese MvL> variants (Iberian and Brazilian) are sufficiently different MvL> to justify different translations. MvL> For historical reasons, 'pt' is used for 'pt_PT', whereas the MvL> Brazilian variant is always identified by 'pt_BR' - even MvL> though Brazilian Portuguese has more speakers. You might be right, I'll let the translation team decide. I need to figure out if we can support pt_PT vs. pt_BR. -Barry