User1: question on po files........Anyone?
User2: User1 Ask your question and somebody will answer if they know.
User1: Just getting started in fixing bugs.  there are po files, do those get edited directly or are they later generated from pot files?  Trying to get things straight
User2: That's more of a gettext question than a Launchpad question.
User2: but the POT is usually automatically generated from the code.
User2: POs are then filled in by translators (though in Launchpad that's done through the web UI, rather than on the PO directly).
User1: The error I am fixing is present in all the po's and one pot.
User2: After changing the POT, if you're managing translations outside Launchpad you'd use gettext's msgmerge to update the PO to include only the strings that are in the new POT. Launchpad does that for you automatically.
User2: But if the msgid has changed, then all the POs will need to have the string retranslated.
User2: Because it appears to be a new string.
User1: so, as you said, the po are automagically regen'd?
User2: If they're generated by Launchpad, yes.
User2: But they will not have translations for any modified strings.
User1: Code base is launchpad
User1: I think
User2: Does the project use Launchpad for translations, though?
User1: is ON launchpad, I meant
User1: how would I find that out?
User2: You should talk to the project maintainers.
User2: It depends on how they manage things.
User2: They may have processes for fixing translations, etc.
User1: see, on one, I changed all the po's, they didn't mind that......yet another asked me to revert the po's only, keeping he pot changed
User1: ok.  I'll ask then
User2: Right, it totally depends on the project.
User1: ok.....off to find someone to ask.  Thanks!
User1: So, I guess when a branch is merged it is effectively removed from my branches?
User3: the status is changed to "Merged" and "merged" status is hidden by default in the web view list of branches
User3: depending on how it is merged exactly
User1: ok.  Thanks (an hour later). Thank for the help
 * mpt notices bug 737943 for the first time
User4: bug 737943 in Launchpad itself "Text in initial bug mail references wrong package" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/737943
User5: is github supported as external bug tracker? can I add a bug tracker from github's repo to launchpad?
User6: User5 no, but you can always link from description or a comment
User7: I believe you can add individual trackers on github
User7: e.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/annis-github
User7: (possibly wrong, I haven't actually checked whether that's working)
User7: mm, doesn't seem to have any watches
User5: I searched for github when setting the bug tracker to a registered one, and several matches were returned, how is that possible?
User5: hmm, I just need to select sourceforge here? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/+newbugtracker
User6: I'd be surprised if that worked, but maybe
User5: does this look right? https://bugs.launchpad.net/sparkle
User5: how can I know that the bug tracker is working for sparkle project
User5: hmm, there should be a list of bug watches, right? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/mozilla-bugs
User5: well, thanks anyway
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