It might have been mixed up with additional translations. That is, a language missing in the package can still be translated by the language pack. I'm not entirely sure what the argument was back then anymore, but something like that was how it was explained to me.
OK let's be clearer: I want the ability to have translations in apt prefer those from the langpack, if we ever manage to properly import templates into launchpad (nobody seems to really respond to my inquiries about that in IRC). Or rather: Give me an option to tell gettext to prefer the translations file with more translations: At the beginning, apt will likely ship a more complete one, but as time goes on, the language pack can be easily updated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637801 Title: Incorrect Russian translation of "apt list --upgradeable" results Status in Ubuntu Translations: Invalid Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ apt list --upgradeable Вывод списка… Готово build/неизвестно 20161025 all [может быть обновлён до: 20151105] In Russian this means "version 20161025 can be upgraded TO version 20151105) While original English says exactly opposite: bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ LC_ALL=C LANG=C apt list --upgradeable Listing... Done build/unknown 20161025 all [upgradable from: 20151105] Literal translation (that does not require serious phrase change) would probably be "может быть обновлен с" although it sounds also artificial, as in Russian subject is package that is being updated (currently installed), not new version. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-25.27~16.04.1-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Oct 30 09:39:47 2016 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-02 (485 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-10-29 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/1637801/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
