#34869 closed Uncategorized (wontfix)

makemessages - ignore duplicate msgid if the translations are identical

Reported by: אורי Owned by: nobody
Component: Internationalization Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

When we run makemessages - if there is a duplicate msgid in a specific locale - if the translations (msgstr) are identical in all cases - remove the duplicate msgid and don't display warnings or errors. Currently, a duplicate message definition error is displayed and the duplicate msgid is not removed. I have to check if the translations are identical and remove the duplicates manually. If the translations are identical, I don't see any advantage in displaying an error message, and I prefer that the duplicates will be removed automatically.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Claude Paroz, 14 months ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

Duplicate msgid' s are not allowed by the gettext infrastructure, there's nothing we can do to change that. However, you should generally not obtain duplicate messages when running makemessages.

I suggest you open a thread in the Django forums (i18n section) with some concrete example so we can examine it and maybe find a solution.

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