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Since all messages marked for translation contain permutable format
strings, we can add checks for enforcing them.
The syntax check does not catch all cases as it only checks format
strings between _(" and the first ". In other words messages where \"
appears before the first format string or multi-line messages where the
first format strings is not in the first line will not be checked. On
the other hand, it's run automatically by "meson test".
check-pot.py python script will detect all incorrect format strings, but
it's not as easy to use as it requires libvirt.pot to be regenerated and
this does not happen during a standard build. The following steps are
needed to check messages with check-pot.py:
meson compile libvirt-pot-dep
meson compile libvirt-pot
meson compile libvirt-pot-check
Don't forget to revert changes to libvirt.pot if you run these commands
locally as we don't want each patch series to update libvirt.pot.
Shell scripts (tools/libvirt-guests.sh.in is the only one currently)
need to be exempt from this check as shell's printf function does not
understand the permutable format strings.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: