#2630: startup screen i18n
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Reporter: martinl | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: major | Milestone: 7.0.1
Component: Startup | Version: unspecified
Resolution: invalid | Keywords: i18n, translations, backports
Platform: Unspecified | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by wenzeslaus):
* keywords: i18n => i18n, translations, backports
Comment:
Replying to [comment:2 marisn]:
> Not a bug. Everything works as expected. Try to select "de" and you will
see that it works.
Are you sure that the error message in the original report is influenced
by whether the string is translated or not? The ticket might be still
valid.
But you are right, it works for me with `de`. However, with `ja` or `ko` I
get non-translated start up screen (even Quit and Help are not translated,
not only the new strings). The error message (in command line) is:
{{{
Failed to enforce user specified language 'ja' with error: 'unsupported
locale setting'
A LANGUAGE environmental variable has been set.
Part of messages will be displayed in the requested language.
Cleaning up temporary files...
Starting GRASS GIS...
}}}
The error is coming from source:grass/trunk/lib/init/grass.py#L807:
{{{
#!python
try:
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
normalized = locale.normalize('%s.%s' % (language,
encoding))
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, normalized)
except locale.Error as e:
# If we got so far, attempts to set up language and
locale have failed
# on this system
sys.stderr.write("Failed to enforce user specified
language '%s' with error: '%s'\n" % (language, e))
sys.stderr.write("A LANGUAGE environmental variable
has been set.\nPart of messages will be displayed in the requested
language.\n")
# Even if setting locale will fail, let's set LANG in
a hope,
# that UI will use it GRASS texts will be in selected
language,
# system messages (i.e. OK, Cancel etc.) - in system
default
# language
os.environ['LANGUAGE'] = language
return
}}}
> The source of problem is - someone (username martinl) decided that
English language is the only language that matters and backported startup
screen changes (r64496) that touched a lot of strings. (This would be a
huge no-no in any large project, like KDE, where breaking strings so close
before release is considered to be something like a deadly sin.) As a
result - for most of languages GRASS 7.0.0 was shipped with a untranslated
welcome screen.
This makes sense but I think we miss somebody who would check that people
fulfill this rule when backports are done before release. Also writing it
down is a good idea. This is the right place to do it:
wiki:Submitting/General
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2630#comment:3>
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