Call for testing: Trusty langpack updates (F?ram na G?idhlig)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2014-05-30 23:00, Fòram na Gàidhlig wrote:
> Setting the upgrades to "proposed" is pretty easy, but if you wish to
> upgrade the language pack only (e.g. because you depend on the OS you're
> currently messing with), you have to start using the commandline and to
> fiddle with config files.

No, you don't. After having enabled "proposed" and updated, you can
install the applicable langpacks from Ubuntu Software Center or
Synaptic. Then you can disable "proposed".

So, given that you have an existing 14.04 installation, I really don't
see how testing new langpacks could jeopardize the system. If some
problem would arise, you can just downgrade again and report it.

>>> I understand the need for ensuring that langpacks don't crash but surely
>>> there must be a simple way of checking for strings which might cause
>>> this automatically? I have no idea what CAN cause a langpack to crash
>>> Ubuntu but I imagine it's missing placeholders or code that has been
>>> inadvertently introduced. Surely this can be run as an automatic check
>>> and if not, the surely Canonical could just set up a machine to
>>> auto-test all langpacks and if any of them crash, to flag it to the
>>> locale team in question.
>>
>> Probably you are right, and probably it's about priorities. Can you (or
>> somebody else who reads this) file a wishlist bug?
>>
> 
> Which would be the correct project on Launchpad to file the bug?

I would suggest Ubuntu Translations.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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