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[Aaron Bentley <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 11-03-08 05:54 AM, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 7:39 PM, Aaron Bentley <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
>> With the new translation sharing between ProductSeries and
>> SourcePackages, Packagings will have significant side-effects.  Creating
>> a Packaging will cause translations to be merged, so that they can be
>> shared going forward.  Deleting a packaging will cause the translations
>> to be split.  Merging and splitting can cause information loss, so it is
>> best to avoid bogus merges.
>>
> 
> What sort of information loss?

We lose track of origin information when we merges translations between
a ProductSeries and a SourcePackage.  Afterward, we can no longer tell
whether a translation suggestion was provided on the SourcePackage or
the ProductSeries.  If the same text was suggested on both sides, then
information about one of the submitters is lost.

This really only matters if the Packaging is deleted.  Since we lack
origin information, each side will retain a copy of each suggestion and
each shared translation.

Aaron
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