Re: [Translation-i18n] Handling qt-format in gettext tools (was: Updating qt-format handling?)

[Chusslove Illich]

We started running the 0.16.2-pre5 on the KDE repository side, to give it a
shakedown, and stumbled upon a problem with msgmerge and plural messages.
The message initially has a wrong format directive (habit from KDE3):

  #, c-format
  msgid "Add resource from addressbook"
  msgid_plural "Add %n resources from addressbook"
  msgstr[0] "Engadir un recurso dende o libro de enderezos"
  msgstr[1] "Engadir %n recursos dende o libro de enderezos"

Then the code is corrected such that the plural part gets %1 instead, and
after the translation is merged:

  #, kde-format
  msgid "Add resource from addressbook"
  msgid_plural "Add %1 resources from addressbook"
  msgstr[0] "Engadir un recurso dende o libro de enderezos"
  msgstr[1] "Engadir %n recursos dende o libro de enderezos"

i.e. the fuzzy flag does *not* get set. So we end up with msgmerge producing
invalid out of valid POs.

In fact, it seems to me that msgid_plural is just being ignored on merge,
making this somewhat a wider problem. Perhaps a good enough fix would be to,
after a positive match by msgctxt + msgid has been established, just
additionally match msgid_plural and fuzzy if different?

-- 
Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)

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