Hi! This patch works for me but I do not know what consequences this have
$ diff -pbaur /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/hamster/lib/i18n.py~ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/hamster/lib/i18n.py --- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/hamster/lib/i18n.py~ 2020-05-19 15:10:19.000000000 +0200 +++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/hamster/lib/i18n.py 2023-01-04 09:19:10.106232641 +0100 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def setup_i18n(): module.bindtextdomain('hamster', locale_dir) module.textdomain('hamster') - module.bind_textdomain_codeset('hamster','utf8') + #module.bind_textdomain_codeset('hamster','utf8') gettext.install("hamster", locale_dir)