411071 – KDE localization depends on LC_MESSAGES

Bug 411071 - KDE localization depends on LC_MESSAGES

Summary: KDE localization depends on LC_MESSAGES

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] KDE (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team

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Reported:	2012-04-06 18:23 UTC by klamp
Modified:	2012-04-12 10:41 UTC (History)
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Description klamp 2012-04-06 18:23:44 UTC

Created attachment 308017 [details]
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KDE 4.8.1 text translations depends on both "Preferred languages" setting in system settings and "LC_MESSAGES" env variable. Each controlls translation of some part of application's texts. I dont see justification for such behavior and believe so whole translation should be controlled with "Preferred languages" setting.

I am attaching screenshots of described behavior, naming convention is <LC_MESSAGES>_<Preferred languages>_x.png

Comment 1 Johannes Huber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-04-12 09:14:16 UTC

Sorry but this behaviour is "normal". Some translated strings come out of the Qt message translation bundle and they are handled via LC_MESSAGES.

Comment 2 klamp 2012-04-12 10:41:00 UTC

By "normal", you mean something about what should be notified upstream to provide proper fix (replace tr() with ki10n(), remove "Preferred Languages", put note into documentation, ...), or something what is considered OK?