Make it possible to update localization files through subversion again, or provide a standalone mo/po file download

[timdream]

Hi,

I wrote a script here a couple years ago to update the core WordPress application through subversion, coz I am tired of tracking my own modifications (if there is any)

​https://github.com/timdream/wp-script

However, starting v3.3.1, I am not be able to update mo/po files through wordpress-i18n svn repo. According to the localization site here ​https://tw.wordpress.org/, I would have to export the files through GlotPress myself.

That leave me two choices with my script:

1. Hack my way through GlotPress, curl the GET requests to download the l10n files. The script would have to figure out 3.5.1 comes from 3.5.x first, and zh_TW -> zh-tw.
2. Download ​http://tw.wordpress.org/latest-zh_TW.tar.gz, extract and discard everything except the language directory.

Neither approach is optimal. So I would like to propose some possible approaches here:

1. Export the po/mo files back to subversion. I think this must have been discussed somewhere with people against it.
2. Provide latest-zh_TW-language.tar.gz package.

I am not aware of whether (B) is already exist or not, nor I am aware of where the packaging script is being maintained. If the script is somewhere publicly available through subversion, I am more than happy to provide a patch to it.

Until then, I would probably need to find some time to implement (1) in shell script :-/ Thank you for reading the bug report.

[nacin]

There may be a way to do this in the future. For now, this works:

tar -zvxf wordpress-3.6.1-es_ES.tar.gz --include 'wordpress/wp-content/languages/es_ES.*' --strip=3