[PATCH v2] i18n: deprecate intltool and use only gettext (+itstool)

[Aleksander Morgado]

>
> This is a great test of the migration instructions in that wiki page. If you
> found any discrepancies don't hesitate to edit the page.
>

Will do, once discussed (as I'm not sure whether they are my bugs or
real discrepancies :)).

> I wonder if you have the same patch on a Github branch or Bugzilla or
> somewhere else with a code review UI? That would be easier for me to get an
> overview of the changes and make comments inline.
>

In github here:
https://github.com/aleksander0m/ModemManager/commit/79ae18fd22cb56c2d9c78b9bbe39b19de4b9d90d

> I do think you should go ahead and require itstool at build time.
>

This would greatly simplify the logic I believe.

> Additionally, you could check if you can assume a recent enough version of
> gettext that you could do without itstool and just use Gettext's built-in
> support for ITS rules:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Preparing-ITS-Rules.html#Preparing-ITS-Rules
>

Oh, that would be even better. The patch requests gettext 0.19.7,
which should already support custom ITS rules; I'll sync with Daiki.

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Aleksander
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