On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Earl Miles <merlin@logrus.com> wrote:
However I wish we were able to have some multilanguage system like this that didn't always rely on the primary version in English. I mean it's not always English + other languages. I.e. I may have a module built for a site with some help pages only in Spanish, that I may not need in English at first. Then maybe I want to contribute the module later for which I'd create the English translation, or I may add an English version to my site... but it would be nice to be able to have the pages in the right place from the beginning.
Interestingly, the way this system works, you could put the base help in any language. It'd still look in 'en' as that's the default language, and if there's a translation there it would use that.
That said, I wouldn't want the rest of Drupal to have modules in other languages; having a single base language means that sites with that language don't need to turn on the localization features, which adds extra database work.
Well, I think Jose refers to those developers "out there", who might develop custom modules for local (non-English sites), and might not want / be able to write English help pages. Hacking in empty base files for English might not be a good option. Gabor