Ubuntu-bugsquad Digest, Vol 52, Issue 14

Gianfranco Costamagna costamagnagianfranco at yahoo.it
Tue Oct 12 22:36:35 BST 2010


I'm italian but I speak fluently French and English...

I could help :)





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>     1. Re: Touchpad on MacBook Pro (henriqueqc at gmail.com)
>    2.  Meeting Minutes: 2010 10 12 (Brian Curtis)
>    3. [Ubuntu Wiki] Update of  "BugSquad/Meeting/Minutes" by
>       bcurtiswx (Ubuntu  Wiki)
>    4. Handling bugs from foreign language speakers
>        (Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi)
>    5. Re: Handling bugs from  foreign language speakers (Andrey Dunin)
>    6. Re: Handling bugs from  foreign language speakers (Robert Keidel)
>    7. Re: Handling bugs from  foreign language speakers
>       (Braiam Miguel Peguero  Novo)
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> Message:  1
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:36:22 -0300
> From: "henriqueqc at gmail.com" <henriqueqc at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re:  Touchpad on MacBook Pro
> To: Firas Kraiem <firas at fkraiem.org>
> Cc: ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Didn't know that, sorry for the  miss-information.
> 
> --
> Henrique Camargo
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12,  2010 at 2:15 PM, Firas Kraiem <firas at fkraiem.org> wrote:
> > On  12/10/2010 19:10, Henrique Camargo wrote:
> >> 10.10 is the first with  multitouch.
> >
> > Two-finger scrolling and right-clicking worked for  me in Lucid. (Right
> > now my Maverick is broken so I can't say if I also  have this problem,
> > I'll reinstall soon-ish.)
> >
> >  Firas
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Henrique  Camargo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at  11:44 AM, Andrey Dunin <andrey at dunin.us> wrote:
> >>> P?r  S?rnblad,
> >>>
> >>> Any idea if this issue occurs on  Ubuntu 10.04 or earlier? If you have the
> >>> time it would be  beneficial for you to run a live cd (or usb) of Ubuntu 
>9.04
> >>> or  10.04 and see if the problem persists there.
> >>>
> >>> On  Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:10 AM, P?r S?rnblad <par.sarnblad at gmail.com>
> >>>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Hi
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried out 10.10 and the touch/track  pad works but some problems arise.
> >>>> Two finger clicks  generates a rightclick but while pressed there is no 
>way
> >>>> to  move the cursor.
> >>>> Another thing is that there seems that the  pad generates a right click 
if
> >>>> two fingers are on the pad,  which is
> >>>> troublesome instead of checking the distance  ?between the fingers like 
it
> >>>> is done in MacOS. Also macos  seems to
> >>>> ignore the leftmost finger if two of them are on  the pad.
> >>>>
> >>>> /P
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> Message:  2
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:07:26 -0400
> From: Brian Curtis <bcurtiswx at ubuntu.com>
> Subject:  Meeting Minutes: 2010 10 12
> To: Ubuntu BugSquad <ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>,      Ubuntu Bug
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> Hey all,
> 
> Thanks to those who  attended and added great discussion to todays
> meeting.  The following if  the log from today's meeting.  Thanks to
> our new meeting bot, minutes  are simple.  If you wish to continue a
> discussion from here, please  create a new thread for it as it will
> make following it very easy.
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>http://mootbot.libertus.co.uk/ubuntu-bugs/2010/ubuntu-bugs.2010-10-12-16.57.moin.txt
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> Best,
> ~Brian  Curtis (bcurtiswx)
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> Message:  3
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:14:56 -0000
> From: Ubuntu Wiki  <noreply at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: [Ubuntu  Wiki] Update of "BugSquad/Meeting/Minutes" by
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue,  12 Oct 2010 19:27:09 +0000
> From: Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi <ilidrissiamine at gmail.com>
> Subject:  Handling bugs from foreign language speakers
> To: Ubuntu Bug Squad <Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>,
>     ubuntu-bugcontrol at lists.launchpad.net
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> Hi all,
> 
> Currently, we (bug triagers  and users of Launchpad in general) only
> accept bug reports and comments in  English. This can cause a problem,
> since it's nearly impossible for speakers  of a language other than
> English to post a bug report ; in the end, we're  losing an opportunity
> to improve Ubuntu by fixing nasty bugs.
> 
> So how  can we improve this situation? In our recent meeting, two
> possibilities (I  think) were discussed:
> - Include the option of translating the bug via Google  Translate's API.
>   I don't think this is a good idea, since the  translation isn't
> guaranteed to be good, which can lead to confusion in  technical talks
> IMO.
> - Have a small group of bug triagers in each local  community, who
> would triage bugs from native/foreign speakers and then send  them to
> Launchpad with the appropriate translation.
> 
> So what's your  point of view? Please share it :)
> 
> Thank you,
> Mohamed Amine IL  Idrissi
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date:  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:54:11 -0400
> From: Andrey Dunin <andrey at dunin.us>
> Subject: Re: Handling  bugs from foreign language speakers
> To: Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi <ilidrissiamine at gmail.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-bugcontrol at lists.launchpad.net,     Ubuntu Bug Squad
>     <Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 
> All,
> 
> Mohammed brings up a very  good point! Ubuntu has a user-base in almost every
> country around the world.  Not everyone can explain their problem well in
> English thus it can cause many  bugs not fixed.
> Here is how I would handle this issue:
> 
> 1. Conduct a  survey to find out the ammount of users there are whose
> dominant language is  other than English.
> 
> 2. Assign ACTIVE cordinators for each one of these  languages, if a language
> does not have many users, assign 1. For more  widespread languages like
> Spanish - Multiple will be needed.
> 
> 3. Bugs  are submitted through a general form, but the user is able to chose
> his  native language which will then send the bug over to a translator.
> 
> 4.  Translator translates the bug and it is released to the general public
> for  viewing.
> 
> 
> An issue with the above can be that the translator can in  one point decide
> that he doesnt feel like translating no more. If he is the  only translator
> for the language -- we are stuck.
> 
> I am willing to take  on the translation for the Ukrainian and Russian
> languages since I speak them  fluently.
> 
> This is not something that she be ignored since there are MANY  non-english
> speaking users around the world and I know many of them which is  funny since
> I live in the United States :)
> 
> 
> Lets hear some more  feedback!
> 
> Andrey
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Mohammed Amine  IL Idrissi <
> ilidrissiamine at gmail.com>  wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Currently, we (bug triagers and users  of Launchpad in general) only
> > accept bug reports and comments in  English. This can cause a problem,
> > since it's nearly impossible for  speakers of a language other than
> > English to post a bug report ; in the  end, we're losing an opportunity
> > to improve Ubuntu by fixing nasty  bugs.
> >
> > So how can we improve this situation? In our recent  meeting, two
> > possibilities (I think) were discussed:
> > - Include  the option of translating the bug via Google Translate's API.
> >  I  don't think this is a good idea, since the translation isn't
> > guaranteed  to be good, which can lead to confusion in technical talks
> > IMO.
> >  - Have a small group of bug triagers in each local community, who
> > would  triage bugs from native/foreign speakers and then send them to
> > Launchpad  with the appropriate translation.
> >
> > So what's your point of view?  Please share it :)
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Mohamed Amine IL  Idrissi
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct  2010 13:14:37 -0700
> From: Robert Keidel <rkeidel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re:  Handling bugs from foreign language speakers
> To: ubuntu-bugcontrol at lists.launchpad.net,      Ubuntu Bug Squad
>     <Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hello,
> 
> my name is Robert and I  attended the meeting the first time today. I
> followed the conversation with  interested. I am dual language
> (English/German), with German as my native  language. A few years back my
> English was not as good as today, and I found  myself trying very had to
> explain something in English that would be so easy  to do in my native
> language. I believe there are more people that have  similar experience. I
> like the approach of Andrey and I willing to  participate for the translation
> of German  language.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Andrey  Dunin <andrey at dunin.us> wrote:
> 
> >  All,
> >
> > Mohammed brings up a very good point! Ubuntu has a  user-base in almost
> > every country around the world. Not everyone can  explain their problem well
> > in English thus it can cause many bugs not  fixed.
> > Here is how I would handle this issue:
> >
> > 1. Conduct  a survey to find out the ammount of users there are whose
> > dominant  language is other than English.
> >
> > 2. Assign ACTIVE cordinators for  each one of these languages, if a language
> > does not have many users,  assign 1. For more widespread languages like
> > Spanish - Multiple will be  needed.
> >
> > 3. Bugs are submitted through a general form, but the  user is able to chose
> > his native language which will then send the bug  over to a translator.
> >
> > 4. Translator translates the bug and it is  released to the general public
> > for viewing.
> >
> >
> > An  issue with the above can be that the translator can in one point decide
> >  that he doesnt feel like translating no more. If he is the only  translator
> > for the language -- we are stuck.
> >
> > I am  willing to take on the translation for the Ukrainian and Russian
> >  languages since I speak them fluently.
> >
> > This is not something  that she be ignored since there are MANY non-english
> > speaking users  around the world and I know many of them which is funny 
since
> > I live in  the United States :)
> >
> >
> > Lets hear some more  feedback!
> >
> > Andrey
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:27  PM, Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi <
> > ilidrissiamine at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Currently, we (bug  triagers and users of Launchpad in general) only
> >> accept bug reports  and comments in English. This can cause a problem,
> >> since it's nearly  impossible for speakers of a language other than
> >> English to post a  bug report ; in the end, we're losing an opportunity
> >> to improve  Ubuntu by fixing nasty bugs.
> >>
> >> So how can we improve this  situation? In our recent meeting, two
> >> possibilities (I think) were  discussed:
> >> - Include the option of translating the bug via Google  Translate's API.
> >>  I don't think this is a good idea, since the  translation isn't
> >> guaranteed to be good, which can lead to confusion  in technical talks
> >> IMO.
> >> - Have a small group of bug  triagers in each local community, who
> >> would triage bugs from  native/foreign speakers and then send them to
> >> Launchpad with the  appropriate translation.
> >>
> >> So what's your point of view?  Please share it :)
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Mohamed Amine  IL Idrissi
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugsquad
> >>
> >
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct  2010 17:24:34 -0400
> From: Braiam Miguel Peguero Novo <braiamp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re:  Handling bugs from foreign language speakers
> To: Andrey Dunin <andrey at dunin.us>
> Cc: Ubuntu-bugsquad at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Hi,
> 
> About it, apport and  launchpad can handle this better for us, because it can
> tag the reports as  they arrive as it need translation, and in the case of
> apport use the en  locale always that it send a crash report.
> 
> Hopping that this  help.
> 
> Braiam Peguero
> launchpad ID ~braiamp
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