Ubuntu Thunderbird's Contact List crash in Romanian
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Translations |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| Jaunty |
Won't Fix
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: thunderbird
Hello,
I am running Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 + all online updates. I am running Thunderbird for email (stock package).
When system is set to Romanian language (via the graphical utility in the System menu), Thunderbird's interaface will become Romanian, too.
In this situation, Thunderbird's Contact List won't allow inserting new contacts (vCards); the error message, written in red, is:
<!DOCTYPE overlay SYSTEM "chrome:
Behaviour becomes normal if system is set back to English.
That seems somewhat logical, since no official Thunderbird 2.x exists for Romanian language yet. It is not very clear for me where the present localization of Ubuntu's Thunderbird comes from (if there is no upstream Romanian Thunderbird 2.x, localization is done at Ubuntu packaging level ?!)
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install stock Ubuntu 9.04, including Thunderbird
2. Put system's interface in Romanian (via the System menu standard utility)
3. Open Thunderbird's Contact List and try to insert a new contact - one will get the above error message
4. Put system's interface in English
5. Open Thunderbird's Contact List and try to insert a new contact - it will perform normally
Suggestions for solving:
1. Until Thunderbird 3.x is not available in Ubuntu, setting system's interface in Romanian would let Thunderbird's interface in English. Thunderbird 3.x WILL include Romanian localization (upstream); actually, the current Thunderbird 3.x beta works great in Fedora.
OR
2. Already include Thunderbird 3.x beta in Ubuntu, via online updates.
Observations:
I didn't verify it, but I'll bet the described situation affects ALL languages that have no official Thunderbird 2.x AND use a non-US set of characters.
Regards,
Răzvan
| Răzvan Sandu (razvan-sandu) wrote | #1 |
| Lucian Adrian Grijincu (lucian.grijincu) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in ubuntu-translations: | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Changed in thunderbird (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #3 |
| affects: | thunderbird (Ubuntu) → thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Confirmed |
| Changed in thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in thunderbird-locales (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
| status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
| Changed in ubuntu-translations: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Hello,
I may bet that this bug and the bug 494865 at Mozilla Thunderbird, even if they are not the same, have the same cause: the absence of Romanian locale for Thunderbird 2.x.
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It is not very clear for me:
1. why, on an Ubuntu system, Thunderbird's 2.x interface is put in Romanian if the system, as a whole, is set to Romanian IF no official Romanian Thunderbird 2.x exists (IMHO, this is a bad packaging choice);
2. where the Romanian localization for Thunderbird 2.x comes from (since there is no OFFICIAL Romanian Thunderbird 2.x, this localization would been inserted in Ubuntu, somewhere at packaging level...)
IMHO, adopting Thunderbird 3.x beta would be the best solution (works great in Fedora, BTW).
Regards,
Răzvan