pyqt4's qstring to pystr conversion is entirely broken possibly revert: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/python-qt4/trusty/revision/1.8.1#qpy/QtCore/qpycore_qstring.cpp
(which apparently is broken with some other cases, but that should have been the code we used in 13.10, so it probably won't be worse than that). possible fix proper fix:: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7254739/ (unapproved and unverified by upstream, but solves the particular issue at hand) ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => python-qt4 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: python-qt4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Summary changed: - [kubuntu] Strange characters in different locale + pyqt4 string conversion broken for utf8, breaking translation -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299881 Title: pyqt4 string conversion broken for utf8, breaking translation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-qt4/+bug/1299881/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs