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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>All of our translations are managed by separate committers on a
separate SVN. To include all of these translations would force everyone to
download all languages (300kb po + 100kb mo * 10 languages = 4mb in extra
translations for every download)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>To do this, we would have to download each translation
separately and add it to the tagged package on wp.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My thought was that if you needed the translation, we could just
have a cute downloader in BuddyPress that would grab the file, and put it in
wp-content/languages/buddypress/ for safe keeping. We have our own function
that loads the po/mo anyhow, so changing the directory that it points to is no
big deal. Then when BuddyPress 1.2.6 comes out, they won&#8217;t have to worry
about their previously downloaded language getting wiped out, or have to
download 4MB of additional translations they won&#8217;t use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
wp-polyglots-bounces@lists.automattic.com
[mailto:wp-polyglots-bounces@lists.automattic.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter
Westwood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wp-polyglots@lists.automattic.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [wp-polyglots] WordPress languages folder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>On 30 Jun 2010, at 21:02, John James Jacoby wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hey
everyone! First time using this list so be gentile.<span
class=apple-converted-space>&nbsp;</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For
BuddyPress, we have a large number of users in languages other than English,
and when BuddyPress gets updated their po/mo&#8217;s are deleted, and they are
forced to redownload their translations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I
was wondering if there is any compelling reason for plugins to NOT put their
translation files into wp-content/languages/*plugin-folder-name* and then write
their own functions to load those files, and update those files when needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Seems
to me this would fix our problems, but I wanted to consult with you all before
giving it a go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I just include all current po/mo's in the plugin download.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Does this not work for you?<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>e.g.&nbsp;<a
href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-beta-tester/tags/0.92/">https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-beta-tester/tags/0.92/</a><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>--&nbsp;<br>
Peter Westwood<br>
<a href="http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/">http://blog.ftwr.co.uk</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a
href="http://westi.wordpress.com/">http://westi.wordpress.com</a><br>
C53C F8FC 8796 8508 88D6 C950 54F4 5DCD A834 01C5<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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