Remove i18n translation features

.github/workflows/Tests.yaml

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: install ffmpeg and gifsicle
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg gifsicle
 
-      - name: add required locales for tests
-        run: sudo locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8 pt_BR.UTF-8 && sudo update-locale
-
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **BREAKING** `i18n.get_language_details()`, `i18n.get_iso_lang_data()`, `i18n.find_language_names()` and `i18n.update_with_macro` now process / return a new typed `Lang` class #151
 - **BREAKING** Rename `i18.NotFound` to `i18n.NotFoundError`
 
+## Removed
+- **BREAKING** Remove translation features in `i18n`: `Locale` class + `_` and `setlocale` functions #134
+
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Metadata length validation is buggy for unicode strings #158

README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ zimscraperlib>=1.1,<1.2
 * Pillow
 * FFmpeg
 * gifsicle (>=1.92)
-* locale (with at least `fr_FR.UTF-8` and `pt_BR.utf8` locales installed for tests to pass)
 
 ## macOS
 
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ sudo apt install libmagic1 wget ffmpeg \
 apk add ffmpeg gifsicle libmagic wget libjpeg
 ```
 
-**Nota:** Alpine does not have `locale` support, so i18n features do not work on Alpine, see https://github.com/openzim/python-scraperlib/issues/134 ; there is one corresponding test which is failing.
-
 # Contribution
 
 This project adheres to openZIM's [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/openzim/overview/wiki/Contributing).

src/zimscraperlib/i18n.py

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import gettext
-import locale
-import pathlib
 import re
 
 import babel
@@ -19,52 +16,6 @@ class NotFoundError(ValueError):
     pass
 
 
-class Locale:
-    short = "en"
-    name = "en_US.UTF-8"
-    locale_dir = None
-    domain = "messages"
-    translation = gettext.translation("messages", fallback=True)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setup(cls, locale_dir: pathlib.Path, locale_name: str):
-        cls.name = locale_name
-        cls.locale_dir = str(locale_dir)
-
-        if "." in locale_name:
-            cls.lang, cls.encoding = locale_name.split(".")
-        else:
-            cls.lang, cls.encoding = locale_name, "UTF-8"
-
-        computed = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, (cls.lang, cls.encoding))
-
-        gettext.bindtextdomain(cls.domain, cls.locale_dir)
-        gettext.textdomain(cls.domain)
-
-        cls.translation = gettext.translation(
-            cls.domain, cls.locale_dir, languages=[cls.lang], fallback=True
-        )
-        return computed
-
-
-def _(text: str) -> str:
-    """translates text according to setup'd locale"""
-    return Locale.translation.gettext(text)
-
-
-def setlocale(root_dir: pathlib.Path, locale_name: str):
-    """set the desired locale for gettext.
-
-    call this early"""
-    try:
-        return Locale.setup(root_dir / "locale", locale_name)
-    except locale.Error as exc:
-        raise locale.Error(
-            f"Failed to setup '{locale_name}' locale. If this locale is not installed "
-            "on this system, please install it first."
-        ) from exc
-
-
 class Lang(dict):
 
     @property

tests/i18n/test_i18n.py

@@ -1,35 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4 nu
 
-import locale
-import pathlib
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
 
 from zimscraperlib.i18n import (
     Lang,
     NotFoundError,
-    _,
     find_language_names,
     get_language_details,
-    setlocale,
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "code,expected",
-    [("en", "en_US.UTF-8"), ("en_us", "en_US.UTF-8"), ("en.utf8", "en_US.UTF-8")],
-)
-def test_setlocale(tmp_path, code, expected):
-    assert setlocale(tmp_path, code) == expected
-
-
-def test_selocale_unsupported(tmp_path):
-    with pytest.raises(locale.Error):
-        setlocale(tmp_path, "bam")
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "query,expected",
     [
@@ -222,15 +205,6 @@ def test_lang_name(query, expected):
     assert find_language_names(query) == expected
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "lang,expected",
-    [("en", "Hello World!"), ("fr", "Bonjour monde !"), ("pt_BR.utf8", "Olá Mundo!")],
-)
-def test_translation(lang, expected):
-    setlocale(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent, lang)
-    assert _("Hello World!") == expected
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "dict_data",
     [{}, {"iso-639-1": "ar"}],