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software-properties package

  1. Bug #1319257
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1319257

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

David Planella wrote:
> The original string is correctly marked for translation. The reason
> all arguments are marked for translation is so that languages that
> need to do so rearrange these arguments in a way that is readable for
> users.

Well, if that's the reason for gettexting it all, I think that line 1276 in SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py ought to be:

base_string = _("%s (%s, tested)") % ("{base_description}", "{licence}")

which would result in

msgid "%s (%s, tested)"

That way the risk for mistakes as the one described in this bug report would be eliminated, but the translators would still be able to reorder the arguments.