[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12081: $wp_default_secret_key can't be overridden, posing localization issues

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#12081: $wp_default_secret_key can't be overridden, posing localization issues
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 Reporter:  nacin         |       Owner:  nbachiyski
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0       
Component:  i18n          |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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Comment(by nacin):

 I didn't see that translator instruction, thanks.

 I just looked through another dozen or so localizations and found maybe
 half that translated the string but did not include the translated value
 in their lang_code.php file.

 There were three techniques employed that do work, but it shows that
 implementation of this is all over the map:
  - Many do it properly, by translating the string and include the
 translated value in lang_code.php.
  - Others leave it in English.
  - At least one I found left it in English, and included a localized PHP
 comment. Here's de_DE:
 {{{
 define('AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); // Trage hier eine
 beliebige, möglichst zufällige Phrase ein.
 }}}

 I've seen this posing problems before. de_DE uses the same technique as
 above for database defines, and thus do not translate those values in
 setup-config.php either. But from #11812, one team did translate the
 database defines, but did not translate the values in setup-config.php.

 I think this is too widespread to mark this as invalid, but I'm not sure
 what we can do besides more education.

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