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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Request for string freeze exception (was: Re:
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-12-31 10:45:55
Message-ID: 200912311145.55970 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Wednesday 30 December 2009, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Thomas Reitelbach 
<tr@erdfunkstelle.de> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 29. Dezember 2009 18:22:25 schrieb Friedrich W. H. 
Kossebau:
> >> Hi translators,
> >>
> >> time is running short while some of you are struggling to reach
> >> the release criteria. Still, can we please make another change?
> >>
> >> The last tab ("Support KDE") of the About-KDE dialog (in all help
> >> menus) in trunk needs an update, as it still uses "KDE" if
> >> referring to our products. Sadly seems to be missed during the
> >> Rebranding efforts:
> >>
> >> Lundi, le 28 decembre 2009, à 18:16, Jos Poortvliet a écrit:
> >> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau
> >> >
> >> > <kossebau@kde.org> wrote:
> >> > > trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/dialogs/kaboutkdedialog_p.cpp:
> >> > >    support->setText(i18n("<html>"
> >> > >        "KDE is available free of charge, but costs are
> >> > > incurred and assets formed in its creation.<br /><br />"
> >> > >        "Thus, the KDE community formed KDE e.V., a non-profit
> >> > > organization" " legally founded in Tuebingen, Germany. KDE
> >> > > e.V. represents" " the KDE community in legal and financial
> >> > > matters." " See <a
> >> > > href=\"http://www.kde-ev.org/\">http://www.kde-ev.org</a>" "
> >> > > for information on KDE e.V.<br /><br />"
> >> > >        "KDE benefits from financial support. Most of the funds
> >> > > raised are used to "
> >> > >        "reimburse members and others for expenses they incur
> >> > > when " "contributing to KDE. You are encouraged to support KDE
> >> > > through a financial "
> >> > >        "donation, using one of the ways described at "
> >> > >        "<a
> >> > > href=\"http://www.kde.org/support/\">http://www.kde.org/suppor
> >> > >t/</a>." "<br /><br />Thank you very much in advance for your
> >> > > support.</html>") + "<br /><br />"); // FIXME: ugly <br /> at
> >> > > the end...
> >> > >
> >> > > So what would be a better text?
> >> >
> >> > The changes can be minimal. Change the first "KDE" to "KDE
> >> > Software" and we're basically done.
> >> >
> >> > The text ain't perfect indeed (as the comment on the bottom
> >> > sais) but it's ok enough if we want to keep changes minimal
> >> > before this freeze.
> >> >
> >> > A full rewrite of the text could be something like this:
> >> >
> >> > support->setText(i18n("<html>"
> >> > "KDE software is and will always be available free of charge,
> >> > however creating it is not free.<br /><br />"
> >> > "To support development the KDE community has formed the KDE
> >> > e.V., a non-profit organization "
> >> > "legally founded in Germany. KDE e.V. represents the KDE
> >> > community in legal and financial matters. "
> >> > "See <a
> >> > href=\"http://www.kde-ev.org/\">http://www.kde-ev.org</a>" " for
> >> > information on KDE e.V.<br /><br />"
> >> > "KDE benefits from many kinds of contributions, including
> >> > financial. " "We use the funds to reimburse members and others
> >> > for expenses " "they incur when contributing. Further funds are
> >> > used for legal " "support and organizing conferences and
> >> > meetings. <br /> <br />" "We would like to encourage you to
> >> > support our efforts with a " "financial donation, using one of
> >> > the ways described at " "<a
> >> > href=\"http://www.kde.org/support/\">http://www.kde.org/support/
> >> ></a>." "<br /><br />Thank you very much in advance for your
> >> > support.</html>") + "<br /><br />");
> >>
> >> So, are you able to cope with the rewrite (which would be
> >> preferred as this text appears in each and every program) or do
> >> you rather prefer the minor change? Or no change at all at this
> >> moment?
> >
> > We (the german team) would be able to translate  the rewrite in
> > time, but is this change really necessary right now?
> > It's not a bug. Neither the function of software nor usability is
> > impaired by the missed rebranded text. And I guess that rebranding
> > has to take place at several more places in KDE software anyway.
> 
> Well, what is a bug?

"bug" is used with so many different meanings that's it's useless to ask 
this question. Thomas meant "bug" in the sense of "software defect", 
i.e. the software does not work as intended. A wrong text in an About 
dialog is no software defect.

Note that I'm arguing neither for or against changing the text. I'm just 
explaining what most people mean when they say "bug".

Regards,
Ingo

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