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[photran-dev] Changed non-externalized strings to warnings

In HEAD, I changed the compiler settings so that non-externalized strings give warnings instead of errors.

We are *required* to externalize strings as part of the release train (Helios this year, Indigo next year), so externalization is not optional. Nevertheless, it's easier to do this after a new feature is "done" and its UI is stable than it is to do it along the way... giving compile errors was forcing us to deal with these prematurely.

Also, our numerous Bugzilla patches were all having merge problems in messages.properties and Messages.java, since every refactoring had to contribute new messages... so it might even be better to *not* externalize strings until the last minute, just before we commit the code to CVS.

Jeff


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