Language pack support for .desktop files under Gnome
As of Ubuntu 5.10, language packs cannot provide updated translations for .desktop files (used for menu entries, gnome-app-install, etc.). We should make this possible.
This spec deals with the Gnome side; there is a separate spec for KDE.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Matt Zimmerman
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Martin Pitt
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Martin Pitt
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for dapper
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Matt Zimmerman
- Completed by
- Matt Zimmerman
Whiteboard
Reviewed by smurf, 7 Nov.
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Approved by mdz, 2005-11-09
pitti: delivery depends on actual results of performance impact; if it is negigible, then it is reasonably easy to deploy
2005-12-06: changed to not use intltool-merge; set back to pending approval
2005-12-22: support for .desktop files is implemented, support for .server files not started yet.
2006-01-25: support for .directory files implemented
2006-01-25: translation domain addition to .server files implemented in cdbs; needs package rebuilds to become effective
2006-01-26: separated out KDE spec to langpacks-
2006-02-16: implemented langpack support for .server files in libbonobo; remaining issues that are left: fix non-gnome.mk packages to add translation domain to .desktop files, discuss patches with upstream and fd.o
2006-02-24: Fixed all non-KDE packages which don't use cdbs+gnome.mk to add translation domain to .desktop/.server.
