Make GNOME menu entry for Thunderbird consistent with Firefox, Evolution

[David Ward]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

Please make the GNOME menu entry for Thunderbird consistent with those for Firefox and Evolution:

Name: "Thunderbird Mail"
Description: "Read and write emails"

The reasons are:
- Firefox does not use "Mozilla" in its name, so Thunderbird shouldn't either.
- Thunderbird is pitched by Mozilla as an "e-mail client", not as an "e-mail client and newsreader". (See http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ for proof) Sure, Thunderbird can read news, but so can Evolution, and Evolution's name is just "Evolution Mail".
- Evolution's description is simple: "Read and write emails". This is exactly what Thunderbird does, so I think its description should match this. Other items on the GNOME menu have simple descriptions such as this, which don't repeat the name of the application.
- If you look at the foreign language translations for the existing menu entry...they actually already translate back to the exact strings that I am asking you to use above!

I've attached a patch that makes these changes.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

I'll try to get this in for Final Maverick.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Actually, nevermind, we're past UIF freeze. I'll do this for Natty.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for submitting this patch. Unfortunately, it is not valid since there are many other references to Mozilla in the .desktop file. A proper patch should just remove the Mozilla references in the .desktop file and not change anything else.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #351322 - Make GNOME menu entry for Thunderbird consistent with
  Firefox, Evolution
  - update debian/thunderbird.desktop' --fixes 'lp:351322'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 3.1.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

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thunderbird (3.1.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release v3.1.7 (THUNDERBIRD_3_1_7_BUILD1)

  * fix LP: #351322 - Make GNOME menu entry for Thunderbird consistent with
    Firefox, Evolution
    - update debian/thunderbird.desktop
  * Drop patch after upstream landing of (bmo: 551152) aka Symlinked components
    break everything
    - drop debian/patches/lp518422.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Drop patch to allow building with system NSPR less than 4.8.6 since the
    minimum NSPR is now 4.8.6
    - drop debian/patches/fix_build_w_nspr_less_than_486.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:33:10 -0500