GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 669316
Please update intltool to 0.50.1 to fix app menus translations
Last modified: 2012-02-06 19:27:12 UTC
I don't know how patches to the server software are managed, but it might be a good idea to include a patch from upstream intltool bug [1] to fix extracting application menu translations from .ui files. App menus are a big new feature in upcoming GNOME 3.4 and it would be a shame to have them in English on localized desktops. It might also be the case that intltool 0.50.1 will be released shortly, and then we should just update damned-lies to it. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/923841
Currently the server has 0.41.1. I have personally no permissions on the server to update it. So you should reassign this bug to sysadmin product when you think it would be time to update. If you are lucky, some sysadmin may take notice. Otherwise, you can wait for months :-(
I see. So let's wait for 0.50.1 and then try.
New version 0.50.1 has been released earlier today. It fixes important bug in app menu translations handling. Without it damned-lies would serve PO/POT files without these strings, resulting in untranslated menus.
should we also upgrade the server at the same time? Newer Ubuntu I mean.
I have no strong opinion about a server upgrade. But as it is currently the 10.04 LTS, maybe it would be wiser to wait for the next LTS (12.04) as LTS to LTS upgrades should be supported.
Ok, then let's delay upgrading the server itself. Thought maybe it was needed.
I had to package and install myself, can you please test if the bug is now resolved on l10n.gnome.org?
yes, yes, yes! My rant in comment #2 was not justified (or we were simply lucky :-). Thanks for acting quickly.