I sketched out how this could work in lp:~mvo/software-center/build- i18n-for-all
If there are multiple languages supported s-c buids a xapian index for each of them (that takes some time of course). That works with the branch and if you run: $ rm -rf ./data/xapian $ PYTHONPATH=. utils/update-software-center --local $ ./software-center it will build multiple databases, e.g. for me: $ ls data/xapian ca de en es fr he hu it pt ru What is missing is: - cleanup when languages get removed - ensuring that there is always a default fallback DB - ensure to not rebuild if there are no changes in the app-install-data - robustness But the biggest problem is that the package descriptions are only availalbe in the system default language. That is a problem with "apt" and not software-center. It download only that. I add a apt task to allow it having a option to download all supported languages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434601 Title: Package descriptions etc display only in the language of whoever installed the OS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+bug/434601/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
