Quoting David Prévot (taffit@debian.org):
> Choices: ${choices}
> Default: Select manually
>
> is wrong. Since the ${choices} are not in the template, they can’t be
> translated, especially the “Select manually” one that is suggested a bit
> further:
>
> […]
> list or if you simply want to disable this feature, please select
> "Select manually".
>
> If some choices are generated automatically (instead of being picked up
> from a static list depending on what is currently installed), something
> like:
Sure, bu that needs changes to maintainers scripts, which I tend to
avoid.
An alternative would be a comment telling translators to not translate
"Select manually" in the logn description.
However, your proposal is interesting, with an amendment I would propose:
Onstead of:
>
> # Translators: please leave ${otherchoices} untranslated
> __Choices: ${otherchoices}, Select manually
> Default: Select manually
I'd rather go for:
#flag:translate!:1
__Choices: ${otherchoices}, Select manually
Default: Select manually
With this, ${otherchoices} will not be included in the translatable material.
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