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Add the root index.php to gettext .pot template file generation; some error messages and such in there weren't making it into the TranslateWiki.net database.

Replaced by MediaWiki Translate extension script http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/Translate/scripts/genStatusNetPluginsConfig.php?view=markup

* added locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/statusnet.po to make it easier to start customizing English texts
* added notes to locale/README about customizing and how to disable languages you haven't customized
* renamed PO templates from *.po to *.pot to match general conventions and reduce confusion for people trying to find which file they're supposed to edit

Localization tweak: include doc comments marked as 'TRANS' in .po file output; these should now get automatically pulled through to the TranslateWiki interface as translator help hints.

Signed-off-by: Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazeland@xs4all.nl>

* need lower case in some places
* update target path

Not in production yet at translatewiki.net - need some Translate extension code changes to get YAML config support for Gettext first.

New _m() gettext wrapper with smart detection of plugin domains. Plugin base class registers your gettext files if present at initialization.

update_pot.sh replaced with update_po_templates.php which can do core, plugins, or all (default).
Top-level Makefile added to build .mo files for plugins as well as core.

As described on list:
http://lists.status.net/pipermail/statusnet-dev/2009-December/002869.html