[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 44.1-1ubuntu2 --- gnome-software (44.1-1ubuntu2) mantic; urgency=medium * No-change rebuild for translations - Due to the change in dh-translations 153 this results in a smaller POT file being generated and imported to Launchpad, where the strings in the section of org.gnome.Software.metainfo.xml are omitted (LP: #1927149). -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Wed, 24 May 2023 19:46:48 +0200 ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
This bug was fixed in the package pkgbinarymangler - 153 --- pkgbinarymangler (153) mantic; urgency=medium * Generate POT files with GNOME’s version of metainfo.its (LP: #1927149) -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Wed, 24 May 2023 16:42:26 +0200 ** Changed in: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
During a discussion here: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-software/-/commit/6e0534db the idea was born to address this issue in a more generic way via dh- translations. So I submitted a pkgbinarymangler merge proposal (see link above). ** Also affects: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) ** Merge proposal linked: https://code.launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+git/pkgbinarymangler/+merge/440954 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
** Changed in: gnome-software Status: Unknown => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
On 2021-09-20 04:14, Matthias Klumpp wrote: > I still think this is a dumb fix, especially since you loose the > feature to actually mark strings from being untranslatable by > dropping the appstream dependency. And I still don't understand that part of your reasoning. If appstreams's version of metainfo.its is not present when the POT file is generated, it falls back to gettext's version which does not extract strings at all. And that's what we want to achieve in Ubuntu, at least as long as GNOME keeps appstream's metainfo.its away when generating the upstream POT file. Did you see this issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/damned-lies/-/issues/149 > A proper workaround would be to leave that in, possibly backport the > ITS patch for appstream to update the file, and then mark the release > entries you don't want to have translated with `translate="no"` in > the XML. That's a possible way to deal with it in the future once the GNOME Software maintainer (and all other GNOME project maintainers...) have reached an agreement with the Damned Lies admins on the matter. Please note that several `translatable="no"` have already been added: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/commit/7dc44712 (seems to be effective only for GNOME 41) But the strings for 40+ are still translatable, so even if the problem is reduced compared to when I first filed this bug report, it's still present. If the Damned Lies admins would change their mind, we still have the problem with the very latest info. Let's study the release of gnome-software 40.4 as an example. The NEWS file and the appdata.xml file were updated in the same commit (surprise, surprise) on August 13: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/commit/70c23e4a The actual release HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY!! So even if those strings had been passed to the GNOME translators via Damned Lies, the strings for 40.4 would still have been shipped untranslated. You can't just snap your fingers to have strings translated. Translators need time. As you already know, I think it was an unfortunate mistake to consider the strings translatable by default. If some project owners wanted them to be translatable, it would have been much better to give those projects a possibility to opt in for translation. The maintainers of projects which opted in could be assumed to be aware of the required translation workflow for this to make sense. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
I still think this is a dumb fix, especially since you loose the feature to actually mark strings from being untranslatable by dropping the appstream dependency. A proper workaround would be to leave that in, possibly backport the ITS patch for appstream to update the file, and then mark the release entries you don't want to have translated with `translate="no"` in the XML. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
Ah, I see. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
This bug was fixed in the package gnome-software - 40.4-1 --- gnome-software (40.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium [ Gunnar Hjalmarsson ] * Drop appstream from Build-Depends - This prevents that irrelevant translatable strings are extracted when building for Ubuntu (LP: #1927149). [ Adrian Bunk ] * Add mipsel to the gnome-software-plugin-flatpak architecture list [ Laurent Bigonville ] * debian/watch: Update the URL to follow the new version scheme * New upstream release - Adjust the build-dependencies - Fix the installation paths of the plugins, they have moved to another directory. Also remove deprecated rules and options - Install the new libgnomesoftware private library in the main package * debian/rules: Enable the apt URL handler in the .desktop file -- Laurent Bigonville Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:09:53 +0200 ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
The package move suggestion wasn't about this bug. If the file ought to be in the -dev package and we think it's important enough, we can do the move. We once discussed this idea for policykit's .its file, which is included in policykit-1 instead of the -dev package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
@Jeremy: That would be quite some work. And please note that avoiding
the metainfo.its file shipped with some appstream{,-glib} binary should
be considered a temporary fix, i.e. the file will sooner or later
replace the older equivalent in the gettext package.
After I had filed the appstream issue, they made a change so you can opt
out from extracting strings:
https://github.com/ximion/appstream/commit/51ab4f32
So in the GNOME Software issue I proposed that we should opt out all
over, but the maintainer let me know that the strings will be shown in
Software as from GNOME 41, so he didn't let me 'hide' the latest
strings.
At the same time: Here is the attitude from the l10n.gnome.org folks:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/damned-
lies/-/issues/149#note_532339
And here we sit downstream and see that GNOME disagrees with GNOME. :(
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/damned-lies/-/issues #149
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/damned-lies/-/issues/149
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[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
We have done big transitions before. If we wanted to move the file, I think it could go like this: Step 1: Have libappstream-glib-dev depend on appstream Step 2: File bugs against all the rdepends to change their Build-Depends Step 3: After all the rdepends are fixed, move the file and drop the dependency we added in step 1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
I stripped the redundant strings from snap-store.pot, uploaded it, and had it imported by LP as a temporary measure. So right now it's free of release info at org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml. https://translations.launchpad.net/snap-store-desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
In the upstream gnome-software issue I learned that Fedora ships
metainfo{its,loc} via their libappstream-glib-devel package. So could
Debian/Ubuntu move those files from appstream to libappstream-glib-dev?
Well, don't think so — see the attached file for the reason.
It makes little sense to pass release descriptions, which upstream
decided to not translate, to the downstream translators. The problem has
now been reduced via the MR I mentioned (which was merged), but the
descriptions for the latest few releases are still there.
So as regards the POT file for snap-store-desktop I currently see no
other feasible solution than simply making sure that appstream's
metainfo{its,loc} files are not available when generating it. By e.g.
renaming them temporarily or something.
** Attachment added: "appstream-reverse-build-depends.txt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1927149/+attachment/5515406/+files/appstream-reverse-build-depends.txt
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[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
I submitted this upstream gnome-software MR: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/876 It ought to be a more persistent improvement. Would be good if the POT for snap-store-desktop could be fixed soon. ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues #1340 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/1340 ** Also affects: gnome-software via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/1340 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
** Bug watch added: github.com/ximion/appstream/issues #315 https://github.com/ximion/appstream/issues/315 ** Also affects: appstream via https://github.com/ximion/appstream/issues/315 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/appstream/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
That's true. My thought was that there is typically no reason to include appstream in Build-Depends. I don't know the reason why appstream and gettext ship different versions of metainfo.its. Possibly there are cases where the appstream version makes more sense. If there aren't, it may be motivated to turn to appstream upstream and suggest that they adapt to the gettext variant also in the appstream package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store-desktop/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
the solution is sort of unreliable though, it means you will get random results depending on what is installed on the builder... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store-desktop/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 1927149] Re: Irrelevant translatable strings
I pushed this commit: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-software/-/commit/b1830b58 The issue also affects the translation template for Ubuntu Software. I'm not able to tell if this change makes a difference for Ubuntu Software, so to be sure I added a separate snap-store-desktop bug task. ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Also affects: snap-store-desktop Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: snap-store-desktop Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927149 Title: Irrelevant translatable strings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-store-desktop/+bug/1927149/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
