[translations] using localized installer

[Gabor Hojtsy]

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Fabio Varesano wrote:
> Thank you Gabor for your fast reply.
>
> I will give it a try asap.
>
> However I would like to know: why Drupal will not ship with localized
> po in it? What have been the decisions about this?
>
> Obviously I'm sure that non English speaking people will be really
> happy in getting the installer asking what is their favorite language..
>
> Or maybe the effort of creating already translated distributions is on
> the different localized community?

The main problem is that if you start off with a localized interface 
"without effort", you expect Drupal to start working in the language you 
used to install it, right? Now Drupal (or a custom install profile) is not 
there yet to automatically import the PO files for the modules which are 
turned on by your install profile as a default. If this would be the case, 
it would be easier to stuff in translations.

AFAIK the idea is to offer localized distributions, once the code is in 
place to automatically import module translations for the modules turned 
on by the install profile. This can be done as a contrib project 
fortunately.

Gabor