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[Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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Title:
  No translated package descriptions for -updates repository

Status in Ubuntu Translations:
  Triaged
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  Package descriptions for packages in the -updates repository always
  appear in English to the user in software-center or synaptic. It would
  be more accessible to show translated descriptions which are available
  in the users own language in this case.

  Example:
  $ LANG=C apt-cache policy gcalctool
  gcalctool:
    Installed: 5.32.0-0ubuntu4
    Candidate: 5.32.0-0ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 5.32.0-0ubuntu4 0
          500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       5.32.0-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

  $ apt-cache show gcalctool
  Above command returns English package descriptions for both versions while my locale is set to Dutch (nl) and the file /var/lib/apt/lists/be.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_i18n_Translation-nl is available.

  I would have expected a Dutch package description for the ubuntu1
  package and an English package description for the ubuntu4 package in
  -updates.

  The archive should have a i18n directory for the maverick-updates
  repository or apt should be adapted to use the translations from the
  release repository (maverick) so translated package descriptions are
  displayed for updates too in software-center, synaptic, ...

  A symlink in the archive from maverick/i18n to the maverick-updates/i18n could be sufficient since the package descriptions remain the same and the Translation files provide the md5 checksum of the english descriptions to match with as described here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/10/msg00004.html
  I tested by copying /var/lib/apt/lists/be.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick_main_i18n_Translation-nl to /var/lib/apt/lists/be.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_maverick-updates_main_i18n_Translation-nl and then translated package descriptions are displayed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: apt 0.8.3ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Nov  7 22:05:27 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100925)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=nl_BE.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt

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