<i18n dev> RFR [jdk8u-dev]: Add pl localization to jar tool

[Michael Fang]

Hi Jacob,

Thank you for your reply.

According to 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/java8locales-2095355.html, 
User Interface translation for JRE and JDK are different. JDK "tools" 
(ex: "javac", "native2ascii", "javadoc") are translated to ja and zh_CN 
only (except "jar"). JRE resources are translated to 10 languages. These 
languages are "supported" because we have linguistic resource to support 
them if bugs are filed.

thanks,

-michael

On 2015年03月24日 15:14, Jacob Wisor wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> Am 24.03.2015 um 18:31 schrieb Michael Fang:
>> Hi Jabob,
>>
>> Thank you very much for contributing to the translation of 
>> native2ascii tool and
>> jar tool.
>>
>> The information displayed on http://openjdk.java.net/groups/i18n was 
>> created
>> prior to JDK8. Due to Makefile updates, the localization instruction 
>> does not
>> work anymore. We need to fix this page ASAP.
>
> Yeah, I have noticed this too, right after I had localized 
> sun/tools/javac/resources/javac.properties only to find out that it is 
> used by the outdated compiler only. I should have started with 
> com/sun/tools/javac/resources/javac.properties. But anyway, now I have 
> localized them both.
>
>> Currently, we are not able to support additional language translation 
>> in OpenJDK
>> bundles without also including them in Oracle JDK bundles.
>
> Why is this a problem? Everybody is free to use OpenJDK in their 
> products, including Oracle. And, if you are referring to the fact that 
> additional localizations may possibly require additional customer 
> support then I will have to disappoint you: Various currently 
> "supported" localizations are incomplete in various places, tools, and 
> components, eg. like de or sv. So, "requiring additional support" is 
> actually an invalid argument.
>
> Another possibility for Oracle - if Oracle /really/ wants to waste 
> existing language support - is to foster a build infrastructure that 
> drops localization support for certain locales at build time. It is 
> odd and perhaps inconvenient but possible.
>
>> To add additional localization to your environment, you could create 
>> a jar file with translated
>> resource files and place the jar file under <java_home>/lib/ext 
>> directory (works
>> up to JDK8).
>
> Yes, I know. But, this would be rather tedious for many people to 
> install. Besides, this/these multi-language JAR file(s) would have to 
> be hosted somewhere for people to find and download easily. Including 
> all localizations into OpenJDK and then perhaps excluding them for 
> Oracle JDK is probably the best way to go.
>
> Regards,
> Jacob
>
>> On 2015年03月09日 13:10, Jacob Wisor wrote:
>>> Hello there!
>>>
>>> I have added pl localization to the JAR tool. However, I did not 
>>> find the
>>> make/common/Defs.gmk file which is referenced here:
>>> http://openjdk.java.net/groups/i18n.
>>>
>>> Please review this patch. More tools are coming! ;-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jacob