[Bug 1762889] [NEW] dh_translations doesn't strip .desktop files when more than 1 pot target with meson

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The gnome.help() meson function creates a help-$project-pot target. This
confuses dh_translations which complains:

dh_translations: more than one meson translation domain found (help-
gnome-calculator,gnome-calculator), don't know which one to use

I think the only consequence of this is that the .desktop doesn't have
its translations stripped and replaced with X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=

This means that Ubuntu translators are unable to update those
translations.

Affected Apps
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Therefore, this issue affects GNOME apps in main that use meson and also include help files.

gnome-control-center is also affected because it happens to have an
extra gettext domain (but does not ship help).

libgweather gets the warning because it has a second gettext domain but
it doesn't ship any .desktop files so I think the warning is harmless.

Suggestion
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Maybe dh_translations could just exclude targets that start with "help-". That would fix most of these cases.

Other Info
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This bug is split off LP: #1751820

pkgbinarymanagler 136 in bionic

References
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http://mesonbuild.com/Gnome-module.html#gnomeyelp
http://mesonbuild.com/Localisation.html

** Affects: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: patch
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dh_translations doesn't strip .desktop files when more than 1 pot target with meson
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762889
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