Re: [Fwd: [evolution-patches] addressbook fixes]
- From: William Jon McCann <mccannwj pha jhu edu>
- To: Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>
- Cc: Evolution Patches <evolution-patches lists ximian com>, GNOME I18N List <gnome-i18n gnome org>, Hans Petter Jansson <hpj ximian com>, GNOME Release Team <release-team gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: [evolution-patches] addressbook fixes]
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:53:13 -0400
Christian Rose wrote:
tis 2004-09-28 klockan 16.22 skrev William Jon McCann:
Here is an updated patch. It is similar to the one that has been
applied to head. It fixes a missing default value and removes spurious
debug messages.
It differs from the one on head in that it doesn't change existing
strings and only adds one string to the schema.in.in file. This is done
by using long descriptions that duplicate the short descriptions.
Regarding the reuse of strings in schemas.in: If all you do is reuse a
string that is identical to one already marked for translation
elsewhere, then from the translator POV it's not a new string, since
existing translations will be reused automatically. So those need not
string freeze approval.
Good, that was my intention. :)
Regarding the new added string, "Show the \"Preview\" pane", I'd still
like to know what the problem is that it fixes, and how important that
fix is considered to be. If it's not terribly important, then it should
probably only go into HEAD, but if it fixes some kind of problem that
developers consider important to fix in GNOME 2.8, then it's a different
thing. But I'd really like to know for sure (is there a bug report about
the problem somewhere?) and some more details before deciding.
The schema for the preview pane visibility GConf setting is missing.
This means that the default value is not set. In this case,
gconf_client_get_bool will return FALSE. The "Preview" pane is really a
misnomer, it is, in fact, the "View" pane. So, by default, the user
will not see Addressbook entries when they are selected. This is very
confusing for first-time users. Most will not think to look in the view
menu for an option to turn something on that they don't already know
exists. Also some others don't think the "Preview" pane describes what
they need.
In fact, I only discovered this bug after doing some first-time user
testing of Evolution-2.0 on RHEL3. It was one of the most common
complaints (many of the others have already been fixed). This hits the
user in that critical initial evaluation period.
Jon
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