Re: [Rails-devel] Resource bundles

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

On 1/17/07, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
> I have been thinking on how we can best manage our resource bundles
> (i.e. versions of LocalisedText_aa_BB.properties).
> The contents may still be a bit fluid, although it will
> settle down somewhat now all messages (should) have been included.
>
> I'm in favour of removing all comments and just leaving the
> properties, sorted alphabetically. The sorting makes a comparison of
> different versions very easy in a side-by-side scroller like WinMerge.
> This means that we have to drop all pretension of having the
> bundle internally organised in some way, but that would be
> hard to do and maintain anyhow.
>
> In the past I have used this alphabetic sort in a commercial
> application with texts in 6 languages, and this way it was very
> easy to spot differences (missing or redundant entries).
>
> What do you think?
>

I think that's fine. The internal organization was more for assuring
coverage.  Now that we've got things beyond that stage, we can move to
a more managable layout.


---Brett.