[Solar-talk] Locale files

[Rodrigo Moraes]

On 8/16/07, Antti Holvikari wrote:
> Im starting the locale discussion here which we already started on #solarphp.
>
> Ok so, the problem with the current locale  implementation is that
> it's a living hell trying to maintain all the locale files. They're
> everywhere and you don't know if and what is missing from every file.

Hi,
If the problem is only management of existing locales and easy
creation of new ones, I'd suggest the following: always keep en_US
complete, and build an iterator to generate a package comparing
english with other existing languages: it would create subdirectories
and files with the defined keys and placeholders for undefined keys
(everything empty for new languages, of course). Perhaps generate a
report in the end about what is missing and what is complete.

With such tool, we don't need to change Solar locale structure to make
locales manageable.

-- rodrigo