Gettext still not working with UTF-8 in msgid ("•") :(
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-codec-install (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
| Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
| Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-codec-install
Hi. The new gnome-codec-install started using the • character in the msgid. Unfortunately gettext still doesn't seem to work with that... There was an earlier similar problem that was fixed in gnome-app-install 0.5.2.5-0ubuntu1 by reverting to *.
I was about to file a bug to upstream gettext project, but it seems the bug is limited to Python. When doing a similar thing in a C program (I used gcalctool), the problem does not exist. It might be that Python 3.0 would solve this also with all its other UTF-8 work.
Anyway, in practice this means that translations are not shown for msgid:s that use non-ascii characters.
I agree that the • character would look much better in the English text than the old asterisk.
| Changed in gnome-codec-install (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in gnome-codec-install (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-codec-install (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| tags: | added: regression-potential |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-codec-install - 0.4.1ubuntu1
---------------
gnome-codec-install (0.4.1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
* Merge from debian/unstable to get a working --transient-for
option (LP: #455131)
* GnomeCodecInsta
- do not crash if window_main.window is not realized yet
(LP: #350478)
* GnomeCodecInsta
- do not crash if the user undoes a selection (LP: #355350)
- change unicode "•" to "*" to workaround a gettext bug that
prevents this string from being translated (LP: #344693)
* po/*.po:
- updated from LP and unfuzzy translations after the above change
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:13 +0200