Internaltionalization/Localization Not Working for Notification Message

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Make changes to attachment list on a page that is being watched

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Notification message should be in user's preferred language.
Notification message is in Wiki's default language.

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To be released PageAttachment versions 1.4.0 & 2.1.0

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2012 at 1:26

• Blocking: #37

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Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2012 at 1:31

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MediaWiki's "Language" & "User" classes are hardcoded to user $wgLang & $wgUser 
variables.  So, instantiating a "Language" with a specified language code 
doesn't help, since, depending on the code execution path, it would start using 
the preferred language settings specified for $wgUser.  Similarly, instatiating 
a "User" class for a specified user id doesn't help, since, depending on the 
code execution path, "Language" instance would be replaced with $wgLang.  

Need to figure out a simple solution, otherwise may have to create similar 
functionality without dependency on $wgUser & $wgLang.

Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 7:06

• Changed state: Started

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Looks like "Language" class doesn't use setting from $wgUser, at least for 
"timeanddate" method when time correction method parameter is set to false.  At 
least one headache is over; need to test this.

Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 7:31

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Nope, cann't use "timeanddate" directly, since, in the call chain 
"getDateFormat" uses $wgUser and it would be hard to by pass this.

Maybe used the methods used by "timeanddate" and call them is such a way that 
by pass use of $wgUser?

Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 8:26

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Looks like there is cyclical dependency between MediaWiki "Language" and "User" 
class and its driving me nuts!!!.  So, I give up!!!  Will create a 
PageAttachment specific "Localization" helper class as a work around.

Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 8:37

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Fixed:

Created "LocalizationHelper" class to deal with MediaWiki's "Language" and 
"User" class interdependency.

Original comment by Aldrin.Baroi@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2012 at 11:06

• Changed state: Fixed