Bug#399923: iceweasel-locale-fi: The name Iceweasel should be localized
severity: wishlist thanks Marko Mäkelä wrote: I installed iceweasel-locale-fi_2.0-0.1_all.deb from the location mentioned in the following bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=399780 This package you got: 1. is unofficial 2. the official package is not yet in the archive (sitting in NEW) 3. the packages will use the common l10n naming scheme. In this version, the About Iceweasel popup still says Firefox below the globe symbol. It also erroneously claims that Iceweasel and the Iceweasel logo are trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. The name Iceweasel feels a bit difficult for Finnish users. Fire and fox are much more familiar words than weasel. I would suggest that the name be localized, given that it is not a trademark. In Finnish, it would be Jäänäätä or Debianin Jäänäätä, e.g.: Nevertheless, let's see what we do when the iceweasel-l10n hit the archive. I'm not confinced atm that localising even the name 'iceweasel' is a good idea. But let's keep the report open until decided.. Regards, Daniel -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/
Bug#399923: iceweasel-locale-fi: The name Iceweasel should be localized
Package: iceweasel-locale-fi Version: 2.0-0.1 Severity: important Tags: l10n I installed iceweasel-locale-fi_2.0-0.1_all.deb from the location mentioned in the following bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=399780 In this version, the About Iceweasel popup still says Firefox below the globe symbol. It also erroneously claims that Iceweasel and the Iceweasel logo are trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. The name Iceweasel feels a bit difficult for Finnish users. Fire and fox are much more familiar words than weasel. I would suggest that the name be localized, given that it is not a trademark. In Finnish, it would be Jäänäätä or Debianin Jäänäätä, e.g.: brandShortName=J\u00E4\u00E4n\u00E4\u00E4t\u00E4 brandFullName=Debianin J\u00E4\u00E4n\u00E4\u00E4t\u00E4 vendorShortName=Debian in brand.properties. Generally, I would try to apply the following changes to the original translation and review the result: s/Firefoxi/Jäänäädä/g s/Firefox\/Jäänäätä/g -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18 Locale: LANG=fi_FI, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages iceweasel-locale-fi depends on: ii iceweasel 2.0+dfsg-1 lightweight web browser based on M iceweasel-locale-fi recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
