@chnissen @chris I found more info on how to disable languages than on building sth. Po files are there: locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/statusnet.po
@chris Looks like @chnissen is right with #make and #language support: http://qttr.at/dao
@chris README:"If gettext & GNU make are installed,simply run 'make' in the main !SN directory to recompile all core& plugin localizations"