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[Tyson Clugg <406830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If someone learns about Klondike from a friend and wants to play, they
look for the Klondike game. Dismissing the bug and giving a lesson in
linguistics and how they might select "Canfield" if their computer
language is set to English (UK) is just plain weird.

This presents as a good case study in why sometimes it's better to
surface differences in language, rather than trying to present a
"consistent" experience. Displaying something like "Klondike [US] /
Canfield [UK] / Patience [AU]" would be far better than trying to hide
the ambiguity behind translations.

Showing all the common names would give British residents a decent
chance of knowing which game to select if they wanted to play "Canfield"
as suggested by their friends in New York. Sure, it's not as pretty, but
it's far less ugly than the whole "Klondike never available in AisleRiot
Solitaire" situation.

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Title:
  Klondike never available in AisleRiot Solitaire

Status in language-pack-gnome-en package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-games

  I've used Ubuntu since Hardy, and I've installed Hardy, Intrepid and
  Jaunty on several different computers. None of these installations
  ever had the Klondike version of patience available in AisleRiot
  Solitaire. I've tried Xubuntu several times as well; and that always
  had it available.

  
  Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:	9.04

  gnome-games:
    Installed: 1:2.26.1-0ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1:2.26.1-0ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 1:2.26.1-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  Expect: Open AisleRiot Solitaire, select 'Select Game', find Klondike in the list.
  What happens: No Klondike in the list.

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