Failing automake when trying to build version from CVS

[Derek Atkins]

Tor Harald Thorland <linux at strigen.com> writes:

> As you know (Neil) I've struggeled a lot with these packages a moth or
> two ago, so I'll just wait and see what happends in the 1.9 version.

I'm not sure what you mean by this.. the 1.9 version will become
gnucash 2 when it's finished.   You're welcome to start translating
it now.  The more you get done now the less you'll have to do
as the 2.0 release approaches.

> Another question, if CVS is not more in use, and so.. why don't they
> remove the translation howto, and the CVS from the page...
> And why isn't it possible for me to translate on this and add it to the
> 1.9 version...

As Neil said, this is due to limited time and access to the website.
We'll fix the HOWTO in our source tree, but unfortunately changing
the website is much more challenging at the moment.

> What will then happen if i'm translating on the 1.9 version, and they
> will go to the next version? Just discard the translation?

No.  1.9 will become gnucash 2.0 -- (1.9.x will be the alpha/beta
releases prior to 2.0).  If you translate 1.9 then that translation
will get merged forward as development continues towards 2.0.  So, the
more you get translated now, the less you'll have to translate later.
On the other hand, strings in the 1.9 release are not frozen, so it's
possible you may translate something now and then the string changes
before release.

Still, you should work from 1.9 in subversion's trunk for now.

> THT

-derek

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