14.10: Gtk sometimes doesn't pickup translations in the about dialog

[Josef Andersson]

In 14.10: Gtk sometimes doesn't pickup translations in the general about dialog. Even though all strings for the general about dialog are translated in the gtk-packages, the general about dialog for certain programs still only shows the English language. See attached screenshots in zip. Tested in Swedish and Spanish translations, which both have the gtk-packages translated. So it seems to be a general error, and not a language-specific one.

To reproduce:
1) Observe in launchpad, or any other way you like, that the gtk-packages are translated, for example, in Swedish and Spanish.
2) Install the languages in the language support in latest 14.10
3) Change to another language, and look in the about dialogs in, for example, Rhytmbox and Disks - they aren't translated altough they should be. In, for example, Gparted, they are Ok.

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

According to your screenshots, the problem affects Gtk+ 3-based programs.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Possibly there is a problem with
https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkAboutDialog.html

(Rhythmbox makes use of gtk_show_about_dialog() for constructing the window.)

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/utopic/rhythmbox/utopic/view/head:/shell/rb-application.c

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+3.0 - 3.12.2-0ubuntu10

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gtk+3.0 (3.12.2-0ubuntu10) utopic; urgency=medium

  [ Lars Uebernickel ]
  * gtkaboutdialog-support-showing-buttons-in-action-are.patch:
    - mark button titles as translatable (lp: #1375979)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:36:18 +0200

[Josef Andersson (northar)]

Updated to latest and dpkg -s libgtk-3-0 tells me Version: 3.12.2-0ubuntu10.

In RhytmBox about-dialog, Close-button is now correctly translated. However Credits and License buttons are still untranslated, so I guess this bug is halfway solved.

[Josef Andersson (northar)]

As the fix didn't work fully see #5, should I file a new bug report, or should this be reopen?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

"C_redits" and "_License" are new translatable strings.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

OTOH they should be included in the new translation template, at least, but for some reason they are not.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

From the #ubuntu-desktop IRC channel today:

[15:36] <GunnarHj> Somebody who can help with a gtk+3.0 translation issue?
[15:36] <GunnarHj> The new translatable strings due to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/3.12.2-0ubuntu10 seem not to have made it to the translation template. Shouldn't it be updated automatically at upload, or do you need to take some additional step?
[15:39] <GunnarHj> larsu: ^
=== mhall119_ is now known as mhall119
[15:46] <larsu> GunnarHj: seb128 told me it'll be updated automatically. I'm afraid I don't know more about it than that...
[15:46] <larsu> Laney maybe?
[15:47] <Laney> erm
[15:47] <Laney> I don't know much about that stuff
[15:47] <larsu> do you know who might?
[15:47] <larsu> seb128 is out for the day
[15:48] <Laney> dunno, pitti maybe, but I'm sure it can wait
[15:48] <larsu> right
[15:48] <GunnarHj> Will seb128 be back tomorrow?
[15:48] <Laney> should be
[15:48] <GunnarHj> Ok.

I think IRC is more efficient in this case compared to re-opening this bug or filing a new one.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The template has been updated and gtk got a workaround in its utopic package and a fix upstream that should make building the template easier next cycle

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Thanks Sebastien!