Bug#542940: python-apt: Translated package descriptions are broken
Package: python-apt
Version: 0.7.12.1
Severity: important
Translated descriptions of packages are not shown.
unstable:~$ apt-cache show synaptic
Package: synaptic
[...]
Description-de: Grafischer Paket-Verwalter
Synaptic ist ein grafisches Paketverwaltungsprogramm, das auf GTK+ und
APT basiert. Synaptic ermöglicht es Ihnen auf eine benutzerfreundliche
Art, Pakete zu installieren, zu aktualisieren und zu entfernen.
.
Neben diesen grundlegenden Funktionen bietet es folgende Eigenschaften:
* Suchen und Filtern der Liste verfügbarer Pakete
* Durchführung »intelligenter« System-Aufrüstungen
* Bereinigung defekter Paketabhängigkeiten
* Editierung der Liste benutzter Depots (sources.list)
* Abruf des letzten Changelogs eines Paketes
* Paket-Konfiguration durch das debconf-System
* Durchblättern aller zu einem Paket verfügbaren Dokumentation (dwww ist
erforderlich)
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, suite::debian, uitoolkit::gtk, works-with::software:package, x11::application
unstable:~$ python
Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Feb 17 2009, 20:16:45)
[GCC 4.3.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import apt
>>> apt.Cache()["synaptic"].candidate.description
u'Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT. Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in a user friendly way.\n\nBesides these basic functions the following features are provided:\n* Search and filter the list of available packages\n* Perform smart system upgrades\n* Fix broken package dependencies\n* Edit the list of used repositories (sources.list)\n* Download the latest changelog of a package\n* Configure packages through the debconf system\n* Browse all available documentation related to a package (dwww is required)\n'
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8 0.7.22.2 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-utils [libapt-inst-libc6. 0.7.22.2 APT utility programs
ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii lsb-release 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base version report
ii python 2.5.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-central 0.6.11 register and build utility for Pyt
Versions of packages python-apt recommends:
ii iso-codes 3.10.2-1 ISO language, territory, currency,
ii libjs-jquery 1.3.3-1 JavaScript library for dynamic web
Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
pn python-apt-dbg <none> (no description available)
ii python-gtk2 2.14.1-3 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-vte 1:0.20.5-1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
-- no debconf information
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