** Description changed: + [Impact] + + The version of dh_translations, which was present when gnome-characters + was last uploaded, resulted in a .desktop file with the wrong gettext + domain, so the name of the application in e.g. the Activities overview + is always shown in English. + + Meson support has been added to dh_translations since, so a no-change + rebuild is sufficient to fix the issue. + + [Test Case] + + On a system with some other language but English: + + * Install the gnome-characters .deb package + + -> find that its name is "Characters". + + * Install the rebuilt version of gnome-characters + + * Relogin + + -> find that its name is the translation of "Characters" + + [Regression Potential] + + None. + + [Original description] + $ tail -n1 /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Characters.desktop X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=$PACKAGE_NAME dh_translations is confused by files in the source package belonging to the old build system. configure.ac contains this line: GETTEXT_PACKAGE=$PACKAGE_NAME and dh_translations happily uses it to do its things. The gnome-characters source package should apparently be cleaned up, but I think that dh_translations should also be changed to not accept a domain starting with '$'.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-characters in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767549 Title: org.gnome.Characters.desktop untranslated Status in gnome-characters package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in pkgbinarymangler package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-characters source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in pkgbinarymangler source package in Bionic: New Bug description: [Impact] The version of dh_translations, which was present when gnome- characters was last uploaded, resulted in a .desktop file with the wrong gettext domain, so the name of the application in e.g. the Activities overview is always shown in English. Meson support has been added to dh_translations since, so a no-change rebuild is sufficient to fix the issue. [Test Case] On a system with some other language but English: * Install the gnome-characters .deb package -> find that its name is "Characters". * Install the rebuilt version of gnome-characters * Relogin -> find that its name is the translation of "Characters" [Regression Potential] None. [Original description] $ tail -n1 /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Characters.desktop X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=$PACKAGE_NAME dh_translations is confused by files in the source package belonging to the old build system. configure.ac contains this line: GETTEXT_PACKAGE=$PACKAGE_NAME and dh_translations happily uses it to do its things. The gnome-characters source package should apparently be cleaned up, but I think that dh_translations should also be changed to not accept a domain starting with '$'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-characters/+bug/1767549/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
