use a dummy function for gettext

import gettext is really slow, until we figure out a solution
we use identity for gettext

mercurial/i18n.py

@@ -7,6 +7,9 b' This software may be used and distribute'
 of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
 """
 
-import gettext
-t = gettext.translation('hg', '/usr/share/locale', fallback=1)
-gettext = t.gettext
+# the import from gettext is _really_ slow
+# for now we use a dummy function
+gettext = lambda x: x
+#import gettext
+#t = gettext.translation('hg', '/usr/share/locale', fallback=1)
+#gettext = t.gettext