fix: make extract_translations

[shadinaif]

• Fixes translation extraction and compilation by adding a missing configuration for ignore_dirs. JS text extraction is failing because it re-reads its own public/js/translations directory. Related to work done in feat: support JS i18n #360
• Fixes make extract_translations to use msgcat instead of tail. Related to work done in feat: standardize translation directory for i18n_tool #341

References

This pull request is part of the FC-0012 project which is sparked by the Translation Infrastructure update OEP-58.

Check the links above for full information about the overall project.

Internalization is being rearchitected in Open edX Python, XBlock, Micro-frontend, and other projects. There are a number of immediately visible changes:

• Remove source and language translations from the repositories, hence no .json, .po or .mo files will be committed into the repos.
• Add standardized make extract_translations in all repositories
• Push user-facing messages strings into openedx/openedx-translations.
• Integrate root repositories with openedx/openedx-atlas to pull translations on build/deploy time

Breaking Changes

One of the primary goals of the project is to avoid breaking changes. If you noticed any suspicious code, please raise your concern. But before that, please know the strategy we're following to avoid breaking changes

For XBlocks:

• The standard translation path must be conf/locale. Therefore, we are creating a link from conf/locale to translations so Atlas can find the path without disrupting the current way of having translations locally within the XBlocks
• openedx-translations will have a related PR that adds the XBlock to the pipeline. This will not affect the current way of managing/updating translations
• At the end of the project, a clear change log will be added and all translations will be handled by Atlas. Thus, the local translation will be removed from the repo within the version bump
• A notification for the community will be published to ensure that everyone knows why translations directories are removed from all repos

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[brian-smith-tcril]

It seems this is following the same pattern as openedx/xblock-drag-and-drop-v2#326

Once the requested changes on that one have been made this should be updated to match the approved pattern. I'm marking this as "blocked by other work" for now

[shadinaif]

Done @brian-smith-tcril

[mphilbrick211]

Hi @shadinaif @brian-smith-tcril - is this ready for review?

[brian-smith-tcril]

@mphilbrick211 yes it is! According to the spreadsheet a review is required from @MichaelRoytman

[MichaelRoytman]

I apologize for the delay. I was on PTO. Thank you for your patience.

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