https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465897
Bug ID: 465897
Summary: Potential problem in passing AppData translations to
appstream-data
Classification: Developer tools
Product: releaseme
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: tyson...@tysontan.com
CC: sit...@kde.org
Target Milestone: ---
First of all, this isn't an issue where AppData files haven't been translated.
They have been translated for years, but never seemed to have made it into
places like Discover and Gnome Software.
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I've tested with:
1) Latest versions of ArchLinux and Ubuntu;
2) Simplified Chinese locale;
3) Discover and Gnome Software;
For example, in this environment, applications like Krita, digiKam, Kdenlive do
not show up in Discover with Chinese descriptions. But they have been 100%
translated by me since 2018, and their AppData translations are properly
displayed on https://apps.kde.org/
https://apps.kde.org/zh-cn/krita/
https://apps.kde.org/zh-cn/digikam/
https://apps.kde.org/zh-cn/kdenlive/
I don't think this is likely to be a bug in Discover, or mis-packaging of
appstream-data, because some KDE applications do have Chinese AppData
translations, but they are very old. Most of their data came from a time before
2018. Other less active languages like Japanese also seem to have the same
problem. Both ArchLinux and Ubuntu have the same problem.
It seems as if the AppData translations have stopped being passed to places
like appstream-data, sometime before 2018.
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I must admit that I do not really know how things works for appstream, but in
this article:
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2022/06/10/how-to-get-your-application-to-show-up-in-gnome-software/
There is a paragraph:
"An optional gettext or QT translation domain which allows the AppStream
generator to collect statistics on shipped application translations."
I wonder, is it possible for this thing to be mis-configured?
This issue has been plaguing us for years now, affecting the discoverability of
apps in non-English languages. I have exhausted any lead at this point. Help
would be greatly appreciated.
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