Re: [PATCH] Add L10N percentages to translation strings.

On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 08:41:37PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
>I could put the initial "%s %s" in each piece, but I still don't think 
>it would make it much clearer.
>
dunno, i think it would - adding _() in four places would be easier
to do and more legible than having a dedicated formatter function, esp.  
with the verbosity that coding this in c implies at some call sites.

>I was already a bit apprehensive about i10n the percentages, so I would 
>be reluctant to take on localization of the whole string.
>
i know that feeling, but in case of doubt it's usually better to err on 
the side of flexibility. in most cases, translators will simply copy the 
source string - no harm done. to be extra-safe, it makes sense to add 
these L10N comments that clarify the context and explain which parts 
should (not) be localized. in rare cases, it might be necessary to add a 
disambiguating argument _inside_ the gettext call (e.g., to tell apart 
instances of "%s %s" that are used in different contexts).