[Geoprisma-dev] gettext under Windows

[Alexandre Dube]

I would go with option #2.

Since we're discussing i18n here, what about 
http://trac.osgeo.org/geoprisma/ticket/168 ?  To my eye, the getText 
dependency could be avoided completely if we followed the Ext and GeoExt 
i18n way.  We wouldn't drop the getText support entirely since it's 
still very useful to customize i18n text regarding the data we use 
(resource title, user-custom text for widgets, etc.) but the 'default 
GeoPrisma widget i18n' could be entirely managed on client-side.

Thoughts ?  Do you think this could be a nice thing to work on during 
the sprint ?

Alexandre

On 11-03-01 09:35 AM, Etienne Dube wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have noticed a problem with the gettext library under PHP 5.3.5 and 
> Windows Server 2008 (x64). Details are in the ticket: 
> http://trac.osgeo.org/geoprisma/ticket/193
>
> A possible solution would be to replace the default gettext that comes 
> with PHP (which relies on the GNU gettext library) with an alternate, 
> pure PHP implementation, namely php-gettext 
> (https://launchpad.net/php-gettext/). I've tested it successfully by 
> implementing a new subclass of Locale.
>
> Now the question is whether we make this new class (namely 
> PhpGetTextLocale) as the default in Setting.php (by changing the 
> LOCALE_CLASS constant), or leave GetTextLocale with the GNU gettext 
> implementation as the default. php-gettext is licensed under the 
> GPLv2, whereas GeoPrisma has a "Modified BSD License" (which is 
> GPL-compatible according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses) 
> so legally it should be fine. However, Yves pointed out to me that 
> including a GPLv2 lib would prevent the use of GeoPrisma in some 
> contexts that the BSD license allows for, namely in proprietary, 
> non-free software.
>
> So the two options would be:
>
> 1 - Make the new PhpGetTextLocale the default in Setting.php and 
> distribute php-gettext with GeoPrisma (in the lib/ directory). The old 
> GetTextLocale would still be there if someone wants to use the GNU 
> gettext implementation.
>
> 2 - Include the PhpGetTextLocale class but leave the existing 
> GetTextLocale class as the default and don't distribute php-gettext 
> with GeoPrisma. Users who want to use php-gettext would have to 
> download the library themselves and override the default setting using 
> the SettingImpl class.
>
> I'm neutral on that one, since both options are acceptable for our 
> needs. Any opinions on that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Etienne
>


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