Re: No localization available for Thunderbird Lightning (open bug since early 2010!)

[Rolando Gorgs]

I probably used the wrong words. The Thunderbird people are well aware of
this mess (and there are several closed bug reports on this topic over at
Bugzilla) but they stated that Thunderbird is ok but the ubuntu package for
thunderbird is broken and has to be fixed by its maintainer. The thing is
... 'ubuntu core developer mailing list' is listed as the 'maintainer' of
Thunderbird package: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/thunderbird

But the fact, that this bug (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/545778) is
ignored for so many years now brings me to the conclusion that nobody cares
for this package anymore. So is there any person who is responsible for
this package and is able to fix it? Or will Thunderbird translation be
broken forever? ;-(

Regards
 Rolando
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Re: No localization available for Thunderbird Lightning (open bug since early 2010!)

[Joe]

Don't know about localizations, but For Thunderbird bugs:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

Joe

On 12/29/18 11:13 PM, Rolando Gorgs wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> I hope you all had a nice Christmas.
> As I don't see any progress regarding this topic for one month now -
> here and on Launchpad - I assume that this mailing list was the wrong
> place to ask. Would anyone please point me to the right go-to
> direction for Thunderbird bugs or in general broken translations in
> Ubuntu? Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Regards
> Rolando Gorgs
>
> Am Fr., 30. Nov. 2018 um 01:40 Uhr schrieb Rolando Gorgs
> mailto:rolando.go...@gmail.com>>:
>
> Hello together,
>
> this is my first mail on this list because I don't want to
> escalate 'small' things that could better be solved within
> launchpad, but I really think this very long lasting bug should be
> brought to your attention:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/545778
>
> Since I remember the localization of Lightning - the Thunderbird
> Calendar - in Ubuntu is broken (better to say: not present). In
> Ubuntu wikis all over the world the recommended (dirty) workaround
> has ever been to avoid the official xul-ext-lightning package and
> instead install Lightning via Thunderbird Addon functionality.
>
> This workaround often caused problems in the past because the
> Lightning versions provided by Thunderbird Addons and the
> installed Thunderbird from ubuntu packages didn't fit together.
>
> Some months ago the Thunderbird people finally decided to
> distribute lightning (and its localization) as integrated part of
> their official downloadable thunderbird install package. Because
> of this they stopped the distribution of separate lightning
> packages via Addons.
>
> At this time there is no practical way to have Thunderbird +
> Lightning completely translated in Ubuntu! The thunderbird
> localization of ubuntu doesn't include lightning translation and
> xul-ext-lightning has no localization too. The only way to get a
> working and localized Lightning is to download the official
> Thunderbird package from www.thunderbird.net
> , extract the installer and copy the
> included (translated) lightning addon into the right sub folder of
> your own thunderbird. (And those steps have to be repeated
> manually for every new Thunderbird/Lightning version!)
>
> Please (PLEASE) find a solution for this. The bugreport I linked
> above is nearly nine years old but the problem itself exists even
> longer. I don't see any progress here and I think this is due to
> misunderstanding and confusion where the localization of lightning
> has to take place. In my opinion the best solution would be to
> integrate lightning completely into the ubuntu thunderbird package
> as the Thunderbird people did and then provide the translation as
> part of thunderbird localization. But I'm neither developer nor
> package maintainer. Perhaps a separate xul-ext-lightning +
> separate localization is the better way. But please do something! :-)
>
> Thanks for time and your attention!
>
> Golando Gorgs
>
>

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Re: No localization available for Thunderbird Lightning (open bug since early 2010!)

[Rolando Gorgs]

Hello everybody!

I hope you all had a nice Christmas.
As I don't see any progress regarding this topic for one month now - here
and on Launchpad - I assume that this mailing list was the wrong place to
ask. Would anyone please point me to the right go-to direction for
Thunderbird bugs or in general broken translations in Ubuntu? Thanks a lot
for your help!

Regards
Rolando Gorgs

Am Fr., 30. Nov. 2018 um 01:40 Uhr schrieb Rolando Gorgs <
rolando.go...@gmail.com>:

> Hello together,
>
> this is my first mail on this list because I don't want to escalate
> 'small' things that could better be solved within launchpad, but I really
> think this very long lasting bug should be brought to your attention:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/545778
>
> Since I remember the localization of Lightning - the Thunderbird Calendar
> - in Ubuntu is broken (better to say: not present). In Ubuntu wikis all
> over the world the recommended (dirty) workaround has ever been to avoid
> the official xul-ext-lightning package and instead install Lightning via
> Thunderbird Addon functionality.
>
> This workaround often caused problems in the past because the Lightning
> versions provided by Thunderbird Addons and the installed Thunderbird from
> ubuntu packages didn't fit together.
>
> Some months ago the Thunderbird people finally decided to distribute
> lightning (and its localization) as integrated part of their official
> downloadable thunderbird install package. Because of this they stopped the
> distribution of separate lightning packages via Addons.
>
> At this time there is no practical way to have Thunderbird + Lightning
> completely translated in Ubuntu! The thunderbird localization of ubuntu
> doesn't include lightning translation and xul-ext-lightning has no
> localization too. The only way to get a working and localized Lightning is
> to download the official Thunderbird package from www.thunderbird.net,
> extract the installer and copy the included (translated) lightning addon
> into the right sub folder of your own thunderbird. (And those steps have to
> be repeated manually for every new Thunderbird/Lightning version!)
>
> Please (PLEASE) find a solution for this. The bugreport I linked above is
> nearly nine years old but the problem itself exists even longer. I don't
> see any progress here and I think this is due to misunderstanding and
> confusion where the localization of lightning has to take place. In my
> opinion the best solution would be to integrate lightning completely into
> the ubuntu thunderbird package as the Thunderbird people did and then
> provide the translation as part of thunderbird localization. But I'm
> neither developer nor package maintainer. Perhaps a separate
> xul-ext-lightning + separate localization is the better way. But please do
> something! :-)
>
> Thanks for time and your attention!
>
> Golando Gorgs
>
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