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
10869	./manage.py makemessages should let users specify input directories	filipnoetzel		"When building an multilingual webapp using django reusable apps, one needs to translate them as well (and include the translation strings in the .po file) ..

Unfortunately ./manage.py makemessages only searches the current directory for translatable strings. Suppose, your directory setup is like

{{{
bin/
bin/activate
lib/
lib/python2.6/
lib/python2.6/site-packages/
lib/python2.6/site-packages/contact_form/
lib/python2.6/site-packages/registration/
source/
source/manage.py
source/settings.py
source/locale/
}}}

There is no way including the needed translations for django-contact-form and django-registration in your .po-files using ./manage.py makemessages

The attached patch takes care of that by adding a ""-D"" flag (modeled after xgettext's -D flag - http://linux.die.net/man/1/xgettext ) that takes the input directories as parameters. If none is specified the default behaviour (searching in the current directory) is unchanged.

"	New feature	closed	Internationalization	1.0	Normal	wontfix	makemessages i18n		Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0