*bump* 🙂 On Wed, 2022-04-13 at 21:59 +0100, Philip Withnall wrote: > Hi all, > > Can we have a string freeze break for gnome-software to add more > information about file system permissions required by flatpak apps? > > Currently when flatpak apps request custom or unusual file system > permissions, gnome-software incorrectly says the app “has access to > no > files”. The existing translatable strings we have in gnome-software > 42.0 only give us the option of instead saying the app “can > read/write > all your data”, which is a bit wide. > > We’d like to add three more strings to provide a middle ground, > saying > the app “can access arbitrary files”. > > The change is here: > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1317 > > The new strings are listed here: > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1317#note_1429466 > > I realise you’re probably not going to be happy about this! There are > a > few options, and we’ll go with whatever the i18n team prefer: > >  1. Add these new translatable strings now, in time for the 42.1 > release (this week). This means the bug will be fixed, but the > strings > will likely not be translated in many languages. > >  2. Add these new translatable strings after the 42.1 release, to > give > more time for them to be translated ready for 42.2. > >  3. Don’t add these new strings on 42.x at all, and use the > inappropriate-but-already-existing “can read/write all your data” > string instead. > > Thanks, > Philip
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