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From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@HIDDEN>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@HIDDEN>
Subject: Re: bug#40393: Use ngettext to internationalize plural in
guix/lint.scm
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Hi Arun,
Doing some janitor work in the context of Debbugs sunset, I hit this bug
report:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40393
On Fri, 03 Apr 2020 at 03:08, Arun Isaac <arunisaac@HIDDEN> wrote:
> In the check-description-style function in guix/lint.scm, the string
> "sentences in description should be followed ..." should be pluralized
> using ngettext, not ~p as it is now. ~p only adds an 's' if the
> corresponding argument is greater than 1. Needless to say, there are
> many languages that don't follow this pattern.
It appears to me still relevant. Do you mind to send a patch for fixing
the issue? :-)
Cheers,
simon
bug-guix@HIDDEN:bug#40393; Package guix.
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