[Bug 705392] [NEW] The generated en-US.xpi translation template lacks branding

[David Planella]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

During a package build we create a en-US.xpi file, which is essentially
a language pack with all the translatable strings in Firefox, in
English. This file is then imported upon upload and is used as a
template to be translated into all other languages.

I've noticed that this generated en-US.xpi file, unlike the one
available upstream [1], is missing the /chrome/en-US/locale/branding/
folder in its contents.

This causes the translatable strings in there not to be exposed in
Launchpad, and thus not be translatable. This in turn prevents some
teams to translate (transliterate would be more correct in some cases)
the brand names in their languages or scripts.

An example: in Arabic, Firefox should be فَيَرفُكس, but it cannot be
translated this way because of this bug.

Would it be possible to generate the en-US.xpi file with the branding
folder? Otherwise, how are the files at [1] generated?

[1]
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/4.0b9/linux-i686/xpi
/en-US.xpi

** Affects: ubuntu-translations
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntu-translations
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  The generated en-US.xpi translation template lacks branding