> What happens if the user isn't using DNF? For the workstation we have > to support users using just the graphical tools, and we can't rely on > command line tools for this kind of thing. I'm happy to add support > for installing lang packs into gnome-software but need to know how the > langpack plugin works so we can add proper support into the AppStream > metadata file. The idea being if the user changes the per-session > language we install the required langpacks automatically. > > Can someone explain how the dnf langpack plugin gets the data on what > application subpackages to install? It would be easy if we could have > a virtual package that we could install for each locale as then we can > just put the metainfo file there for easy support in gnome-software.
My understanding this is implementing using the same langpack functionality that has been there for ages even in yum for all sorts of lang support, such as dictionaries, grammar etc, it's just been that glibc has never been able to split out the language support in the past. Peter -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
