Xsane menu entry is not translatable

Confirming in Karmic (in Finnish). However the menu entry is translated in Jaunty.

Looks like the desktop file src/xsane.desktop is not used (see debian/rules file) but instead the package uses file debian/xsane.desktop. This file contains the necessary string "X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain".

I downloaded the source package and built it (apt-get source xsane and debuild) and installed the xsane-0.996-2ubuntu1-package. It installed the desktop file located under the debian directory and the menu entry was translated (.desktop file contains translations)! Then I reinstalled the package from repository the menu entry was again untranslated.

Can anyone explain this?

Actually, the entries do get added to the template by a patch (13_pot_desktop_msgid.dpatch), which adds the following strings to the template:

+
+msgid "XSane Image Scanner"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Scan, copy and fax images"
+msgstr ""

This, however, does not seem to work in the current version of the package, which creates the POT template, gets imported correctly into Launchpad, but the wrong 'Name' key gets put in the installed /usr/share/applications/xsane.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=XSane Image scanning program
Comment=Scan, copy and fax images
[...]
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xsane

(notice "XSane Image scanning program" vs. "XSane Image Scanner", which impedes translations to be used)

Please find attached a patch with an attempt to fix this issue.

Fine for an SRU. Please don't upload that debdiff, though. It's a file in debian/ which should be modified directly, not through a patch.

Added a new patch modifying the .desktop file under debian/ directly.

Also uploaded a package to my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~dpm/+archive/ppa/?field.series_filter=karmic) for testing purposes.

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Accepted into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Verified, package from -proposed provides translated menu entry (at least in Italian)

This bug was fixed in the package xsane - 0.996-2ubuntu1.1

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xsane (0.996-2ubuntu1.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Modified .desktop entry to match POT changes (LP: #410234)
 -- David Planella <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:08 +0100

Copied karmic-proposed to lucid.

Also verified with Catalan. The -proposed version shows the string translated.

This bug was fixed in the package xsane - 0.996-2ubuntu1.1

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xsane (0.996-2ubuntu1.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Modified .desktop entry to match POT changes (LP: #410234)
 -- David Planella <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:08 +0100

Hi, Sorry for posting this here but I have been struggling with finding a scanner that works without any issues on ubuntu. Would really appreciate any help I can get? and also how to install the drivers etc. sorry again for posting this question here but I am desperate :)

Ashan. Please use the Launchpad Answer Tracker https://answers.launchpad.net/ & the Ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/ for support requests. You will be more likely to receive an answer at either of those places.

You may wish to have a read through the official wiki - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ScanningHowTo

If you require further assistance, please utilise the above mentioned support sites. Thanks in advance for your understanding & cooperation.