Re: Plurals and ngettext

[hiura eng sun com (Hideki Hiura)]

> From: Jordi Mallach <jordi@sindominio.net>
> > However, as this is a GNU extension, I'm unsure what the level of
> > support there is in other gettext implementations, so it looks like a
> > portability problem. Opinions?
> 
> I'm all for this.
> 
> We could use some input from sun people, as afaik, Solaris has its own
> gettext.

Solaris has been carrying (original) gettext for around 13 or 14 years, 
but after the OpenI18N 1.2 (was called LI18NUX2000) standard 
(http://www.openi18n.org/li18nux2k) specifies this extention
as mandatory to be compliant with the standard, the gettext on
Solaris(which is original) was enhanced to meet with the 
requirement of this specification. 

So it should be OK as far as latest Solaris's concern, but older
Solaris would have a problem unless it gets backported.

In addition to that, since Solaris does not use the GNU implementation
but implemented from the scratch as OpenI18N 1.2 spec. specifies, if
any divergence introduced since gettext spec was standardized, and if
we plan to use such divergence if any, it would be problematic.

As far as we stay with the features specified in OpenI18N1.2, 
I think this would be a necessary step in the right direction.

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