From: Bo Borgerson <gigabo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:30:25 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: HACKING: Add section for tips on reducing translator workload.
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HACKING: Add section for tips on reducing translator workload.

* HACKING (Be nice to translators): New section.
Add Jim's suggestion to avoid changing translatable strings if possible.
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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 4363418231..07026b11c6 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ Write "Type const *var", not "const Type *var".
 FIXME: dig up justification
 
 
+Be nice to translators
+======================
+Don't change translatable strings if you can avoid it.
+If you must rearrange individual lines (e.g., in multi-line --help
+strings), extract and create new strings, rather than extracting
+and moving into existing blocks.  This avoids making unnecessary
+work for translators.
+
+
 Add tests
 ==========
 Nearly every significant change must be accompanied by a test suite