Don't know about localizations, but For Thunderbird bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
Joe On 12/29/18 11:13 PM, Rolando Gorgs wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I hope you all had a nice Christmas. > As I don't see any progress regarding this topic for one month now - > here and on Launchpad - I assume that this mailing list was the wrong > place to ask. Would anyone please point me to the right go-to > direction for Thunderbird bugs or in general broken translations in > Ubuntu? Thanks a lot for your help! > > Regards > Rolando Gorgs > > Am Fr., 30. Nov. 2018 um 01:40 Uhr schrieb Rolando Gorgs > <rolando.go...@gmail.com <mailto:rolando.go...@gmail.com>>: > > Hello together, > > this is my first mail on this list because I don't want to > escalate 'small' things that could better be solved within > launchpad, but I really think this very long lasting bug should be > brought to your attention: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/545778 > > Since I remember the localization of Lightning - the Thunderbird > Calendar - in Ubuntu is broken (better to say: not present). In > Ubuntu wikis all over the world the recommended (dirty) workaround > has ever been to avoid the official xul-ext-lightning package and > instead install Lightning via Thunderbird Addon functionality. > > This workaround often caused problems in the past because the > Lightning versions provided by Thunderbird Addons and the > installed Thunderbird from ubuntu packages didn't fit together. > > Some months ago the Thunderbird people finally decided to > distribute lightning (and its localization) as integrated part of > their official downloadable thunderbird install package. Because > of this they stopped the distribution of separate lightning > packages via Addons. > > At this time there is no practical way to have Thunderbird + > Lightning completely translated in Ubuntu! The thunderbird > localization of ubuntu doesn't include lightning translation and > xul-ext-lightning has no localization too. The only way to get a > working and localized Lightning is to download the official > Thunderbird package from www.thunderbird.net > <http://www.thunderbird.net>, extract the installer and copy the > included (translated) lightning addon into the right sub folder of > your own thunderbird. (And those steps have to be repeated > manually for every new Thunderbird/Lightning version!) > > Please (PLEASE) find a solution for this. The bugreport I linked > above is nearly nine years old but the problem itself exists even > longer. I don't see any progress here and I think this is due to > misunderstanding and confusion where the localization of lightning > has to take place. In my opinion the best solution would be to > integrate lightning completely into the ubuntu thunderbird package > as the Thunderbird people did and then provide the translation as > part of thunderbird localization. But I'm neither developer nor > package maintainer. Perhaps a separate xul-ext-lightning + > separate localization is the better way. But please do something! :-) > > Thanks for time and your attention! > > Golando Gorgs > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
