[PATCH v5] copy: distinguish "file exists" cases and add a hint (BC)

[Pierre-Yves David]

On 10/26/2016 10:10 PM, Kevin Bullock wrote:
>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 15:05, Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 15:03, timeless <timeless at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Augie Fackler wrote:
>>>> +                        hint = _('(hg rename %s to replace the file by '
>>>> +                                 'recording a rename)\n') % flags
>>>> +                        hint = _('(hg copy %s to replace the file by '
>>>> +                                 'recording a copy)\n') % flags
>>>> +                        hint = _('(hg rename --after to record the rename)\n')
>>>> +                        hint = _('(hg copy --after to record the copy)\n')
>>>
>>> I know it's too late, but do we want to include backticks around the
>>> part that's a command?
>>>
>>> Otherwise it's hard for people (and translators, and people reading
>>> translations) to figure out what to do...
>>
>> If that's something we normally do, can you prep a patch to mail early in the 4.1 cycle? (This is just a hint, so we can change the hint text safely.)
>
> Changes to hint text should be fine during a freeze. No need to wait until November.

I can't remember what the exact policy have been in the past, but 
doesn't this change the translated string impacting the translator work 
during the freeze window ?

Cheers,

-- 
Pierre-Yves David