Support gettext ~> 1.0 for Phoenix 1.8 compatibility

[bmalum]

Beacon's mix.exs specifies {:gettext, "~> 0.26"}, which prevents installation in Phoenix 1.8 projects that require {:gettext, "~> 1.0"}.

Because "your app" depends on "beacon ~> 0.5" which depends on "gettext ~> 0.26",
"gettext ~> 0.26" is required.
So, because "your app" depends on "gettext ~> 1.0", version solving failed.

The fix is trivial — Beacon's codebase already uses the gettext 1.0-compatible API everywhere:

• lib/beacon/gettext.ex uses use Gettext.Backend, otp_app: :beacon
• All consumers use use Gettext, backend: Beacon.Gettext
• translate_error/1 calls Gettext.dngettext/6 and Gettext.dgettext/4 directly (not deprecated macros)

The only change needed is in mix.exs:

- {:gettext, "~> 0.26"},
+ {:gettext, "~> 0.26 or ~> 1.0"},

This maintains backward compatibility with gettext 0.26 while allowing gettext 1.0+.

Steps to reproduce:

1. mix phx.new my_app (Phoenix 1.8)
2. Add {:beacon, "~> 0.5"} to deps
3. mix deps.get → Hex resolution failure

Environment:

• Elixir 1.18+ / OTP 27
• Phoenix 1.8 (ships with {:gettext, "~> 1.0"})
• Beacon 0.5.x and main branch

[ezechukwu69]

Using the reproduction steps, I cannot even run a basic hello world example
even the beacon demo does not even work for me running on the latest elixir and phoenix versions

mix run -e 'IO.inspect(Beacon.Private.endpoint_host(:opencms, OpencmsWeb.MySiteEndpoint))'
Compiling 17 files (.ex)
Generated opencms app
[warning] site my_site is not reachable or is invalid, it will not be started

See https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/troubleshooting.html for more info.

** (UndefinedFunctionError) function Phoenix.Endpoint.Supervisor.config/2 is undefined or private. Did you mean:

    * config_change/3

    (phoenix 1.8.5) Phoenix.Endpoint.Supervisor.config(:opencms, OpencmsWeb.MySiteEndpoint)
    (beacon 0.5.1) lib/beacon/private.ex:70: Beacon.Private.endpoint_host/2
    nofile:1: (file)
    (stdlib 7.3) erl_eval.erl:924: :erl_eval.do_apply/7
    (stdlib 7.3) erl_eval.erl:1504: :erl_eval.expr_list/7
    (stdlib 7.3) erl_eval.erl:630: :erl_eval.expr/6
    (elixir 1.19.5) lib/code.ex:629: Code.validated_eval_string/3
    (elixir 1.19.5) lib/enum.ex:961: Enum."-each/2-lists^foreach/1-0-"/2
    (mix 1.19.5) lib/mix/tasks/run.ex:163: Mix.Tasks.Run.run/5
    (mix 1.19.5) lib/mix/tasks/run.ex:106: Mix.Tasks.Run.run/1
    (mix 1.19.5) lib/mix/task.ex:499: anonymous fn/3 in Mix.Task.run_task/5
    (mix 1.19.5) lib/mix/cli.ex:129: Mix.CLI.run_task/2

If I have to downgrade which versions do I downgrade to?

[bmalum]

@ezechukwu69 can you try the fix in https://github.com/bmalum/beacon/tree/support-gettext-1.0?

[ezechukwu69]

@bmalum I had to deprecate my phoenix installer version to 1.7.20 to be able to run it. I'll try this out on the latest version to see if that helps