Unclear label text in vino-preferences

[David Huggins-Daines]

Binary package hint: vino

The English translation of vino-preferences window has an option called "Configure network automatically to accept connections". It is not at all clear what this means. The tooltip says something about UPnP on the router. I know what UPnP is, but I have no idea what it has to do with sharing my desktop, and I suspect your average user doesn't even know what UPnP is.

If this option does something useful, either the label text or the tooltip, or maybe both, should make it obvious what it does. Otherwise it should be removed, perhaps in favor of a more useful option.

I should add that the wording of this option is awkward for native English speakers. I *think* it should be "Configure network to automatically accept connections", and the author is laboring under the delusion that "split infinitives" are to be avoided. See:

http://ling.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/grammar/splitinf.html

But I can't really tell because I don't know what the option does. Maybe it just configures the network automatically so that other computers can find mine, and I have to check a different box to make my computer automatically accept those connections?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 3 16:24:11 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: vino 2.28.1-2ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: vino
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported