Thank you for the attention-can you expand a little about the translations?
I shall forward this to the main developer. On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:36:06 -0000 Julian Andres Klode <juli...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > That's kind of expected, the long description is not available there > anymore. You need to look at the translations to find the correct one, > as those have been moved out of the core Packages file. > > I don't think that we want to work around this in any way in apt_pkg. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904864 > > Title: > long_desc returns same value as short_desc > > Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > We are using apt_pkg as part of Lubuntu Software Centre, however we > have a minor problem. > > Using an instance of PackageRecords(), the value for a package's > long_desc and short_desc fields are the same. The piece of code we are > using is attached. (Look at the function from line 500 onwards) > > > python-apt: > Installed: 0.8.0ubuntu9 > Candidate: 0.8.0ubuntu9 > Version table: > *** 0.8.0ubuntu9 0 > 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > I'm actually using Mint 12 to submit this bug report, but this is a problem > on Lubuntu 11.10 too. > If we're just getting it wrong, call us idiots, then tell us how to use it. > :) > > Example output for blender of printing both the the long and short > description: > > <snip> > Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer > Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer > </snip> > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/904864/+subscriptions -- Michael Rawson <michaelrawso...@gmail.com> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904864 Title: long_desc returns same value as short_desc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/904864/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs