[Bug 1999567] Re: [SRU] Bring translations from launchpad

[Sebastien Bacher]

@Andreas, thanks for the review. Indeed there was a problem with the
xenial and bionic upload. The launchpad template defining the strings-
in-use by the package is by serie and hadn't been updated for xenial and
bionic. Which means those strings and translations weren't included in
the export

@Lucas, sorry for those thinking about that nor noticing when merging
the proposed changes for those. Since it was my mistake I've fixed it
now (updated the templates on launchpad manually by uploading the pot
from the corresponding sources and verified the strings were listed,
then requested a new export. I've updated the vcs, moved to tags to the
current revision and reuploaded)

I've also uploaded ab update to Lunar. Andreas, I think we don't need to
do Kinetic, the package version there is newer than the one used for the
SRU to older series so there is no upgrade issue and the fix doesn't
really apply since the service is only available to LTSes (updating
Lunar was needed though by policy to ensure the fix isn't going to be
missing in the next LTS). Let me know if you agree or if you would
prefer for me to SRU Kinetic anyway?

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Title:
  [SRU] Bring translations from launchpad

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in update-notifier source package in Xenial:
  New
Status in update-notifier source package in Bionic:
  New
Status in update-notifier source package in Focal:
  New
Status in update-notifier source package in Jammy:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  In the last couple releases we have not updated the translations from  Launchpad. We are bringing them to the source package in an effort to unblock this SRU release:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1991030

  This is because the launchpad translations already have the "pro
  status" string properly translated.

  Not only this will unblock this SRU, but it will make the package
  aligned with the launchpad translations.

  [Test Case]
  To test this change, we will need to verify if the message:
  See https://ubuntu.com/esm or run: sudo pro status

  Is correctly translated for the languages that have added support for
  this message.

  [Regression Potential]
  Since we are bringing the translations from launchpad, there could be translations done directly in the package that are now missed. Although this is unlikely, since the translations on Launchpad are better maintained them the ones in the package.

  Note that update-notifier is not using language pack (reasons in
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/562900) so it relies on translations
  updates to be included in the source. We used to do such 'export
  translations for launchpad and include them in the vcs' but that
  hadn't been done since 2013 which means none of the strings added in
  the last years for ua and now ubuntu pro have a working translation
  today, such the risk of regression a translated string there is rather
  inexistant

  [Other Info]
  We have some gray areas regarding the verification of this bug. The target message:

  See https://ubuntu.com/esm or run: sudo pro status

  Is not translated into all Ubuntu releases, like Xenial. For those releases, we are then just updating the translations using the Launchpad
  language packs.

  Therefore, we might need future SRUs just to update the translation of
  new messages into these releases.

  Additionally, we are still searching for a good way to just verify
  translation updates in the package.

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