Translations (i18) incomplete

[juha]

Jani Monoses wrote:

>
>
> On 5/1/06, *juha* <kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi 
> <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>> wrote:
>
>     Jani Monoses wrote:
>
>     > On 5/1/06, *juha* <kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
>     <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>
>     > <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi
>     <mailto:kautto.juha at kolumbus.fi>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi !
>     >
>     >     I just tried xubuntu beta-2 and I noticed that i18 support
>     was not
>     >     very
>     >     complete.
>     >     Most texts were in english even though I changed language to
>     Finnish.
>     >     Some were
>     >     in Fi, so I think the setup works. Is that a known beta
>     "feature"
>     >     or a bug?
>     >
>     >
>     > a bug I assume.
>     >
>     >     Menu was translated, but for example settings window was in
>     english.
>     >     (and I know those translations do exist in xfce)
>     >
>     >
>     > So is xfce compiled from svn trunk translated? If so can you
>     point out
>     > specific packages which
>     > are translated upstream but do not seem to be in ubuntu?
>     > This is an area we need more feedback in all languages. Preferably
>     > comparisons with the state in
>     > xfce upstream so in case the packaging or the installation has some
>     > faults we know. If upstream
>     > translations are lacking they probably need som help.
>     >
>     >
>     > thanks
>     > Jani
>
>     Yes, Xfce from svn is almost fully translated.
>     At least the following packages I see in finnish from svn
>     , but are in english in xubuntu:
>     1) orage (except orageclock plugin)
>     2) xfwm4 (settings are visible)
>     3) xfsession (again settings)
>     4) xfce panel
>     5) theme preferences
>     6) window manager tweaks (settings again)
>     7) work spaces and margins setting
>
>
> Ah I think I know why this happens, if command line is also 
> untranslated for you (tar, sed, apt). Try installing 
> language-pack-fi-base and see if things improve.
> Since xfce packages moved to main their translations are stripped at 
> build time and put in the base language packs,
> where translations for the rest of the system is.  So for every locale 
> the specific language pack needs to be installed
> to get the translations. This means they can be worked on even after 
> dapper release and get updated from rosetta
> translations without uploading the specific xfce packages themselves.
>
> Jani
>
Thanks! That was it.

After installing those, it works (though the installation had to be done 
manually, but that is clearly beta feature in ubuntu and nothign to do 
with xubuntu)


/Juha