On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> wrote:

Olemis Lang wrote:

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I also think the feature should go. If you want functionality that's so difficult to provide when you install as a zip file, the answer is not to make things more complex, but to not install as zip files.

What about environments like Google App Engine ? I mean, AFAIK using ZIP files is the *official* solution to meet some quotas & requirements ... CMIIW anyway ...

I mean, for example: what if someone writes an app containing resources like message catalogs for i18n, uploads it to GAE using ZIP files and still wants to use the MO files (i.e. resources) for translation (i.e. for anything else ...) ... Hmmmm ?

I mentioned yesterday (in the language summit) that we really need to get all the requirements together before we start any work. I fear that there are many hidden requirements (or ones that I'm personally not aware of, at least). I don't know gettext well enough give an answer yet.

Perhaps it is not necessary ... i18n was only a motivation to establish a concrete (... *very real* & *no more choices* ...) use case. The same could be said like this : «What if someone writes an app containing many (... *A LOT OF* ...) resource files, uploads it to GAE using ZIP files, and still wants to use them for anything he/she wants ... Hmmmm ?» ;o) -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: Comandos : Pipe Viewer ... ¿Qué está pasando por esta tubería?