[TYPO3-core] RFC #8270: Bugfix: Hardcoded labels in title-attributes in backends right upper corner icons

[Stefano Kowalke]

Michael Stucki wrote:

> Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] wrote:
> 
>> Michael Stucki wrote:
>>> Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On behalf of translation team: no objection or problem from our side on
>>>> adding new files to stable version. Stable versions will get these
>>>> labels anyway because language packs are the same for all TYPO3
>>>> versions. So fixing these problems in stable branches gives us only
>>>> incentives...
>>> 
>>> Are you sure? What if a label has been converted from hardcoded to
>>> localizable form but is not translated yet? It should fall back to the
>>> default language, but is the locallang-cache really updated yet?
>> 
>> If there is no translation, the label will be shown in "default"
>> language. This is how it works now. There are some strings in the core,
>> which are not translated. English is shown instead. Translation is
>> overlaid on the default to prevent empty strings in BE.
>> 
>> locallang cache is updated if time stamp of source locallang file is
>> newer than for a cache file. This happens, for example, when translation
>> is fetched from TER: new locallang files come, TYPO3 finds that time
>> stamp is newer than for the corresponding cache and removes the cache
>> file. Later code recreates a new cache file. This is a bit simplified
>> description but it is correct in general.
> 
> Alright, so this means there is nothing wrong with adding new labels (not
> changing them!) in stable branches.
> 
> - michael

Good to figure this out.

I add this info to the wiki [1].

Cheers 
Stefano

[1]
http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Translations#Making_hardcoded_labels_translateable
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