xffm translation: date specification

[Benedikt Meurer]

On Thu, 19, Jun 2003, edscott wilson garcia wrote:

> > > > Why? (IMHO) we try to keep the other components "hack-free" (we had
> > > > discussion on wm and panel lately), so lets keep xffm "hack-free"
> > > > as well (just my opinion).
> > > 
> > > The only issue here is that since I have no idea what the hack consists
> > > of (having just done a cut and paste from the GNU-ls code) I would
> > > probably just replace on hack with another. If you know how to get rid
> > > of the hack, please do. All I ask for is:
> > > -files younger than 6 months show hh:mm instead of year 
> > > -no strings for month translations be necessary in the po files (they're
> > > big enough already).
> > > 
> > > If you could help me on these issues I would greatly appreciate it.
> > 
> > 
> > Where's the problem? Something like
> > 
> > [snip]
> >
> > would work, just the two strings must be translated. 
> 
> There's the rub. We're in translation freeze. There should be a way not
> to require the translations.

Please, do not replace with a stupid work-around. Do it right, or leave
it like it is now and we change it after 4.0.

> regards,
> Edscott

Benedikt

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