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Subject: [bug#38436] [PATCH] gnu: Add gfortran-toolchain
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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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To: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
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Hi,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

>> There=E2=80=99s this weird requirement that for the sake of i18n, we mus=
t not
>> construct synopses/descriptions like this:
>>
>>   https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Synopses-and-Descriptio=
ns.html
>
> Is that a specific rule for Guix?

Specific to the =E2=80=98guix-package=E2=80=99 domain, even.

Concretely, the idea is that <package> objects carry the untranslated
English-language synopsis and description.  This is useful for things
like =E2=80=98guix search=E2=80=99 or for web page generators, because they=
 can query
translation explicitly when they need it.

We could allow constructed strings in there, like this:

  (package
    ;; =E2=80=A6
    (synopsis (format #f (G_ "This is a ~a compiler") "C")))

But in that case, we=E2=80=99d have to perform translation right in the =E2=
=80=98G_=E2=80=99
call, and thus <package> would end up carrying a translated string.

So far we=E2=80=99ve managed to avoid that, it=E2=80=99s a constraint, but =
hopefully one
we can live with.

I hope that makes sense!

Ludo=E2=80=99.