FS#70556 : Use plural-form string with ngettext in pacman-key

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FS#70556 - Use plural-form string with ngettext in pacman-key

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Rafael Fontenelle (josephg) - Friday, 23 April 2021, 09:43 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Scripts & Tools
Status	Assigned
Assigned To	Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	git
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Summary and Info:

Two strings from 'pacman-key' contain a variable for key count, and as such should be used as plural-form string[1]. Not using a plural-form string, might be OK in English and most languages, but might be harder for other languages with a more complex plural rules[2].

The strings are:
- "Disabled %s keys." (line 376)
- "Locally signed %s keys." (line 507)

My suggestion is to use "ngettext" and set a singular and a plural versions of this string, even if the singular form is never going to be used. This way 1) translators are sure that %s means a count, and 2) the translation respects the target locale's plural-form.

See attached git-diff from master branch.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html
[2] http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/localization-guide/en/latest/l10n/pluralforms.html