Placeholders are not changed

[Dudek-AMS]

Describe the issue

Having a .po base file, downloading in a different format will not change the placeholder syntax

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

Having a .po base file, downloading in a different format will not change the placeholder syntax

Expected behavior

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[nijel]

Why should it change the syntax? Especially with the PO file, which supports numerous placeholder syntaxes.

[Dudek-AMS]

It' s not limited to .PO Format. If you manage your translations i.e. in Android Native and want to download in iOS Native, they use different placeholder semantics. the ios native download will not work out of the box

[github-actions]

This issue has been put aside. It is currently unclear if it will ever be implemented as it seems to cover too narrow of a use case or doesn't seem to fit into Weblate.

Please try to clarify the use case or consider proposing something more generic to make it useful to more users.