Usually there would be different binaries, each using a different mo file. Build on the mo file for the gui binary.
As to my comment from 2009-06-28 - the title of this bug should be "stop *building* ..." and not "stop importing...".
The maintainers of each package can decide which translations to build. And that will also mean smaller diff comparing to Debian.
"and if the app has CLI and GUI?"
Usually there would be different binaries, each using a different mo file. Build on the mo file for the gui binary.
As to my comment from 2009-06-28 - the title of this bug should be "stop *building* ..." and not "stop importing...".
The maintainers of each package can decide which translations to build. And that will also mean smaller diff comparing to Debian.
Kaplan