id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
22615	Lack of error explanation in makemessages, intermediate file is delete not chance to fix anything	Cezary.Wagner	nobody	"makemessages has ugly bahaviour:
1. error message is not clear not shows root cause
2. error is not handled
3. files need to solve problem is deleted by makemessages routines even command is failed there is not intermediate files.
4. impossible to solve such problem without patching django and tracking problem with debuggers


django-admin.py makemessages -l en_US --settings=settings -v 2 --pythonpath=. --traceback


processing locale en_US
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\bin\django-admin.py"", line 5, in <module>
    management.execute_from_command_line()
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 399, in exe
cute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 392, in exe
cute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\base.py"", line 242, in run_fro
m_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\base.py"", line 285, in execute

    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\base.py"", line 415, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\commands\makemessages.py"", lin
e 279, in handle_noargs
    self.write_po_file(potfile, locale)
  File ""c:\root\src\django\django\core\management\commands\makemessages.py"", lin
e 368, in write_po_file
    ""errors happened while running msgmerge\n%s"" % errors)
django.core.management.base.CommandError"	Bug	closed	Internationalization	1.6	Normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0