Ubuntu
gnome-session package

Fallback message for no 3D video chipset needs improvements for translations

Bug #704409 reported by David Planella
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Ubuntu Translations
Fix Released
Medium
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gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Didier Roche-Tolomelli

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-session

Ubuntu adds the 02_add_ubuntu_session.patch to the GNOME session. That patch contains a .desktop file (see attachment) with the fallback message shown if a video chipset without 3D support is detected, in which case we fall back to the 2D session.

The file needs some improvements to be translation-friendly:

* It's got an initial ";" as a delimiter mark. This might confuse translators. If there is no other way to do this, at least a translator comment should be used (in case intltool supports comments in .desktop files)
* The line break is not escaped, and it appears as a textual "\n" in extracted message for translation.

We'd appreciate any ideas on how to fix those. Thanks!

David Planella (dpm)
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
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David Planella (dpm) wrote :
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Perhaps bug 712091 can be fixed at the same time.

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

David will confirm first how to add a comment in a .desktop file as the initial ";" is important.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I really think this should be redesigned to have FallbackSession_1, _FallbackMessage_1, etc. Otherwise you can't ever add a new one or change the existing order without breaking all existing translations for existing sessions. It will also avoid having metacharacters like ';' (which _someone_ will break), or very long strings in translations.

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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

looking at it

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Didier Roche (didrocks)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-session - 2.32.1-0ubuntu14

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gnome-session (2.32.1-0ubuntu14) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/02_add_ubuntu_session.patch:
    - add a better wording (LP: #712091)
  * debian/control.in:
    - recommends unity-2d as a gnome-panel | unity alternative (LP: #708928)
  * debian/patches/05_enhance_fallback_mode.patch:
    - change the multi-fallback handling, now a list of key in the keyfile is
      provided to FallbackSessionsID. If the fallback is found, the matching
      <keyname>_Message will be displayed if exists. (LP: #704409)
    - don't show "change user session" for now has gnome-control-center with
      that option won't be ready for natty (LP: #711920)
    - adapt the gnome session to the new format (LP: #707232)
  * debian/patches/02_add_ubuntu_session.patch:
    - adapt to new format
    - set ubuntu as the default session if no argument is given
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:17:57 +0100

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Gabor Kelemen (kelemeng)
Changed in ubuntu-translations:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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