[Bug 1871801] Re: ubuntu-release-upgrader translation is broken focal

[Lukas Märdian]

The change was introduced on purpose, back in June 2011, when this was still part of the 'update-manager' package:
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/update-manager/main/revision/2140

Since then the corresponding code moved into the 'ubuntu-release-upgrader' package, where it resides today:
https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/tree/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk3.py#n294

In the end we have to decide about whether it is more important to have
the dpkg messages translated or be able to duplicate bug reports...


But here seems to also be another problem, which is unrelated to DPKG messages. The strings Igor mentions, such as "Do you want to start the upgrade?", which are displayed in the GUI, are part of the 'ubuntu-release-upgrader' code, not dpkg.

IMO it would be okay, or even appropriate, to show english
strings/translations in the (embedded) terminal, as this is hidden by
default and supposed to be used by advanced users, only.

However, the strings displayed in the main GUI should be displayed in
the user's selected native language whenever possible.

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Title:
  ubuntu-release-upgrader translation is broken focal

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Focal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ubuntu-release-upgrader package translation is broken.
  I checked for Russian only. Don't know about other languages.

  When I was doing partial upgrade of 20.04 I saw many strings not translated.
  I found them in ubuntu-release-upgrader translation. They were translated in 2012 but now they show untranslated in interface!

  "Do you want to start the upgrade?"
  "To prevent data loss close all open applications and documents."
  "%d packages are going to be removed."
  "You have to download a total of %s."

  Where are a lot of untranslated strings. I listed only some of them.
  Also all strings in embedded terminal of ubuntu-release-upgrader completely untranslated!

  update-manager has the same problem with embedded terminal output, which is completely untranslated.
  I also added bug 1871800 for update-manager

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