On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 4/25/2012 12:46, schrieb Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy:
>> 2012/4/25 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> /* Give years and months for 5 years or so */
>>>> if (diff < 1825) {
>>>> ...
>>>> }
>>>> /* Otherwise, just years. Centuries is probably overkill. */
>>>> - snprintf(timebuf, timebuf_size, "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365);
>>>> - return timebuf;
>>>> + strbuf_addf(timebuf,
>>>> + Q_("%lu year ago", "%lu years ago", (diff + 183) / 365),
>>>> + (diff + 183) / 365);
>>>> }
>>>
>>> This is just a tangent, but could we possibly come here and say "1 year
>>> ago"?
>>
>> Nice catch. Singular form here is unnecessary. If you plan to revert
>> that, please put a comment so nobody will attempt to convert it to
>> Q_() again next time while searching for possible candidates.
>
> I am sure that there are languages (Russian? Polish?) where a variation is
> needed not only for the singular, but also for plural depending on the
> number, so we still want to have this wrapped in Q_().
Slovenian has special case for one and all numbers ending in 2, 3, 4
[1]. Oh my..
[1] http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/gettext/manual/html_node/Plural-forms.html
--
Duy
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