Re: ru.po: improved an Russian translation

[Oleg Yarigin]

Hi, Julian!
> 1. Patches should be sent to wine-patches(a)winehq.org, not wine-devel.
> Thank you a lot, I didn't know these address!
> I don't think that's a good idea... Afaik, the general guideline is to
> not change formatting and punctuation (from the English original),
> unless there's a rule in the Russian language that specifically
> dictates it.
> In Russian there is different from English punctuation. We create a tool
> for humans, not machines, don't we? So, we must improve a punctuation
> according to a language's rules. Instead, I send my improves to Nikolay,
> as you recommended.
> A normal, UTF-8 formatted textfile as an attachment ... should suffice,
> you shouldn't need to pack it.
> I guess an archive could also confuse the automated scripts
> I packed it to decrease a size. But if it isn't good for merging, I
> willn't do it.
> Please understand this as constructive criticism, it will help getting
> your patch accepted and not cause extra work for the maintainer
> (Alexandre). It looks like you invested a lot of effort, thanks for
> that.
> No, that's OK. There isn't something bad in constructive criticism, I
> think.

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Best regards,
Oleg.


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