I've committed the changes (r1424769). I've also added a rough (though
complete) first translation to spanish. I've built the installer and it
picks up fine my locale (es_ES) and all the strings.

Please, verify that it is also working for other locales.

Cheers,
Chema

2012/12/20 Om <bigosma...@gmail.com>

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Chema Balsas <jbal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been digging around the installer, and I think I've found the issue
> > with the languages... I'm not very comfortable with the code, so I want
> to
> > ask before breaking anything ;)
> >
> > The problem seems to come from ViewResourceConstants.as, line 191
> >
> > if(n>1)
> >     messageStringsContentLocalized = ...
> >
> > This never happens, as the localeChain is initialized inside
> > selectDefaultLanguage() as resourceManager.localeChain = [ userLocale ];
> >
> > It's also worth noting that if all the strings are not in the locale, an
> > error is thrown. Shouldn't we have a base locale to inherit from? Urls
> for
> > instance don't usually need translation, so they could default in general
> > to the root locale.
> >
> > A possible fix is to append the root locale "en_US" when initializing
> > localeChain, like
> >
> > resourceManager.localeChain = [ userLocale, "en_US" ];
> >
> > This seems to fix all problems and I can see the existing "es_ES" strings
> > and the default "en_US" strings for the missing ones.
> >
> > It's been a while since I've worked around these, so maybe this is not
> the
> > solution at all... let me know what you think and how should this be
> > addressed.
> > Cheers,
> > Chema
> >
> >
> >
> I think your analysis makes sense.  Please go ahead and make the changes as
> you mentioned.  I can help test your changes.
>
> Thanks,
> Om
>
>
>
> > 2012/12/20 Chema Balsas <jbal...@gmail.com>
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I checked the submitted patch, and it does fix the issue of the license
> > > agreements box to appear empty. However, I also can't see the labels
> for
> > > the "Browse", "Next" and "Install Log". Was this known before?
> > >
> > > If you change the locale back and forth in the dropdown, then all texts
> > > are shown correctly.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2012/12/20 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
> > >
> > >> I will try to get to it tonight.  It would be nice if you could add a
> > hook
> > >> at startup (maybe command-line option or reading from the .xml file)
> > that
> > >> overrides the language/locale default it picks up from the player/os.
> > >>  That
> > >> would enable us to simulate what folks in different countries will
> > >> experience.  That would enable to you verify that the patch worked
> > >> yourself.
> > >> Last time we went through this, I had to stop in the debugger and zap
> > the
> > >> variable by hand.  It would make it easier to test if we could
> override
> > in
> > >> some way.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 12/20/12 1:04 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Bump...
> > >> >
> > >> > The more people who can help test the Installer with other
> languages,
> > >> the
> > >> > better it would be for us to make a confident release.  Please take
> a
> > >> look
> > >> > when you get a chance.
> > >> > Source code is available here:
> > >> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/utilities/trunk
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > Om
> > >> >
> > >> > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Om <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Commit 1424368 (hopefully) fixes this issue.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Stefan Horochovec had provided this patch a while ago and attached
> it
> > >> to
> > >> >> the JIRA bug: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-33223
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Can you please test it and see if the issue is gone?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thanks,
> > >> >> Om
> > >> >>
> > >> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Chema Balsas <jbal...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>> Hi,
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I was checking the installer, and was starting to add a
> translation
> > >> for
> > >> >>> the
> > >> >>> es_ES locale. After compiling and launching it, There are lots of
> > >> buttons
> > >> >>> with empty labels. If you select a different locale and then back
> to
> > >> >>> spanish, then the labels appear.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> I remember reading something like this before the previous version
> > was
> > >> >>> released... is this the same issue? Is it supposed to be fixed
> > before
> > >> this
> > >> >>> version is released?
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Cheers,
> > >> >>> Chema
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> 2012/12/19 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com>
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >> >>>>> From: omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> > Om
> > >> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:36 AM
> > >> >>>>> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > >> >>>>> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Apache Flex 4.9 Release Candidate 4
> > >> >>>>>
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>>> 1.  Would there be value in adding drop downs that let users
> > >> >>> switch
> > >> >>>>>> between
> > >> >>>>>>> FP swc versions and AIR sdk versions?
> > >> >>>>>> I would say no.  I wouldn't want to take the time to test this
> > >> >>>>>> additional functionality.  Could the two URLs it will hit
> (based
> > on
> > >> >>>>>> the answer to #2) be stored in an external .XML file?  That
> would
> > >> >>> make
> > >> >>>>>> it easier to folks to use different versions and for us to
> update
> > >> an
> > >> >>>>>> already released installer if Adobe goes and moves things
> around
> > >> >>>>>> again.
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>> Yes, we load all the download urls from an external config file:
> > >> >>>>> http://incubator.apache.org/flex/sdk-installer-config.xml
> > >> >>>>>
> > >> >>>>> My thinking is that we will have a different config for each
> > FP/AIR
> > >> >>>> combination
> > >> >>>>> we want to support.  Just show a simple dropdown at the launch
> of
> > >> the
> > >> >>> app
> > >> >>>>> (default to 11.4/3.4).  Depending on what the user selects, we
> > grab
> > >> >>> the
> > >> >>>>> corresponding config url.  A pretty straightforward
> > implementation.
> > >> >>>  But
> > >> >>>> this
> > >> >>>>> could wait until Installer 2.5 if we dont want to hold up Flex
> 4.9
> > >> >>>> release.
> > >> >>>>>
> > >> >>>>> Thanks,
> > >> >>>>> Om
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> I just built and ran the installer from sources on Win7.
> > >> >>>> FB4.7 accepted the results as a new SDK.
> > >> >>>> I created a new Flex project and it showed up in IE8 and FF15.
> > >> >>>> I didn't see any warnings or errors.
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> So, I would say we don't take the time to test all of the
> > >> permutations
> > >> >>> of
> > >> >>>> configs.  Adobe is not open next week so I will be working from
> > home
> > >> >>>> and testing the installer is slow because of the internet speeds
> I
> > >> get
> > >> >>> at
> > >> >>>> home, so
> > >> >>>> the less downloading I need to do, the better.
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> Alex Harui
> > >> >>>> Apache Flex Team
> > >> >>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Alex Harui
> > >> Flex SDK Team
> > >> Adobe Systems, Inc.
> > >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>

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