>>> Which constant reverting of programs to English? Are you saying >>> that language support packages are silently uninstalled often? >> >> Yes, frequently. It was too quick to screenshot but I *saw* the >> uninstaller uninstalling the gd langpacks for Firefox and it's not >> the first time it has done this, over the last 3 years it has >> happened to me at least 3 times and GunChleoc, the other Gaelic >> localizer, has also had this problem (she actually filed a bug I just >> heard >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1395273). It >> may do it to other packages too but Firefox is usually the first one >> I notice it with. > > I have also been surprised a few times when opening Language Support and > noticing that Firefox translations were suddenly missing, so apparently > they were silently uninstalled at some point. Can't tell when or why. > > The update of missing language support packages, which is carried out > when you open the Language Support GUI, can be accomplished with this > terminal command: > > sudo apt-get install $(check-language-support) > > I have played with the thought to propose that something along those > lines is carried out via Software Updater. Suspect that such a change > wouldn't be completely uncontroversial, though.
Why would this be controversial? What's wrong with having things still display in the language that the user has picked after an update? -- ubuntu-translators mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
