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GNU Gettext Reaches Version 1.0 After 30 Years in Development

8 days ago
  • #gettext
  • #localization
  • #GNU
  • GNU gettext reaches version 1.0 after over 30 years of development.
  • Originally developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s, GNU gettext became part of the GNU Project in 1995.
  • GNU gettext is widely used for internationalization and localization in open-source projects.
  • Version 1.0 introduces PO file handling improvements and new programs like 'po-fetch', 'msgpre', and 'spit'.
  • 'msgpre' and 'spit' utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) for machine translation.
  • Documentation now includes warnings about LLM licensing to align with free software principles.
  • Additional improvements include support for Ocaml and Rust programming languages.
  • GNU gettext 1.0 is available for download from GNU.org.