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That version is no more supported

** Changed in: vino (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Unclear label text in vino-preferences

Status in vino package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vino

  The English translation of vino-preferences window has an option
  called "Configure network automatically to accept connections".  It is
  not at all clear what this means.  The tooltip says something about
  UPnP on the router.  I know what UPnP is, but I have no idea what it
  has to do with sharing my desktop, and I suspect your average user
  doesn't even know what UPnP is.

  If this option does something useful, either the label text or the
  tooltip, or maybe both, should make it obvious what it does.
  Otherwise it should be removed, perhaps in favor of a more useful
  option.

  I should add that the wording of this option is awkward for native
  English speakers.  I *think* it should be "Configure network to
  automatically accept connections", and the author is laboring under
  the delusion that "split infinitives" are to be avoided.  See:

  http://ling.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/grammar/splitinf.html

  But I can't really tell because I don't know what the option does.
  Maybe it just configures the network automatically so that other
  computers can find mine, and I have to check a different box to make
  my computer automatically accept those connections?

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Mar  3 16:24:11 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: vino 2.28.1-2ubuntu1
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
  SourcePackage: vino
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64

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