Hello all, We've just uncovered a bug in Launchpad Translations 1.1.11 that caused a few translation uploads for Ubuntu to fail *without notifying the uploader*. The problem is rare, but please read on to see whether you might be affected.
The bug ticket describing the problem is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/rosetta/+bug/173144 The problem occurs when importing a non-upstream translation that provides a translation for a translation credits message. Such messages should be ignored since Launchpad itself keeps track of who has contributed, and generates the list automatically. As far as I can see, the following Ubuntu translations have been affected (I've contacted non-Ubuntu uploaders separately): Language (code) Template Product --------------------------+--------------------+-------------- Catalan (ca) gnome-panel-2.0 gnome-panel Croatian (hr) rhythmbox rhythmbox English (Canada) (en_CA) gourmet Gourmet English (Canada) (en_CA) internet ubuntu-docs English (Canada) (en_CA) internet xubuntu-docs English (Canada) (en_CA) serverguide ubuntu-docs English (Canada) (en_CA) switching xubuntu-docs English (Canada) (en_CA) windows ubuntu-docs English (Canada) (en_CA) windows xubuntu-docs Hebrew (he) rhythmbox rhythmbox Indonesian (id) xubuntu-docs-index xubuntu-docs Italian (it) internet xubuntu-docs Italian (it) keeping-safe xubuntu-docs Polish (pl) nautilus nautilus Spanish (es) kivio koffice Even if you're not on this list, and even if you got no error emails, it's good to check your import queues every now and then to check that there were no failures. Until we can get this bug fixed, the way to avoid this problem is to look for any of these message strings in translation files, and remove them or comment them out: "translation-credits" "translator-credits" "translator_credits" "EMAIL OF TRANSLATORS\nYour emails" "NAME OF TRANSLATORS\nYour names" The fix should be included in the 1.1.12 rollout. I'm not planning an emergency fix, since the problem is rare and the workaround is better practice anyway, but I will continue to keep track and to notify affected translators. For Ubuntu translations, those notifications will come through this list. Thank you, Jeroen Vermeulen Launchpad Translation team -- ubuntu-translators mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
