Bug 458412

Summary: impossible to change the application language
Product: [Applications] kstars Reporter: pybeauvais
Component: generalAssignee: Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 3.6.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mint (Ubuntu based)   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commit/1642532bf89d85750e265fd092fc1a04c4a4ee6c Version Fixed/Implemented In: 3.7.2
Sentry Crash Report:

Description pybeauvais 2022-08-28 09:25:00 UTC 
SUMMARY
Kstars language is locked to French (default location is France)
Impossible to set Kstars language to US English

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. aide (help)
2. Changer la langue de l'application (Switch Apllication Language)
3. Choix langue principale : "US English"
4 Ok + Kstars restart

OBSERVED RESULT
No change

EXPECTED RESULT
default language switched to US English

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Kstars/Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-08-28 10:04:34 UTC 
Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?
Comment 2 pybeauvais 2022-08-28 12:19:57 UTC 
(In reply to Jasem Mutlaq from comment #1)
> Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?

Yes I think so. In any case, mutlaqja PPA is registrated as software source.
How could I check that ?
PYB
Comment 3 pybeauvais 2022-08-28 12:32:11 UTC 
(In reply to pybeauvais from comment #2)
> (In reply to Jasem Mutlaq from comment #1)
> > Installed from mutlaqja PPA or where?
> 
> Yes I think so. In any case, mutlaqja PPA is registrated as software source.
> How could I check that ?
> PYB

I confirm:
The update manager says that Kstars is installed via the mutlaqja PPA thid-party source
Comment 4 Jasem Mutlaq 2022-09-21 06:51:43 UTC 
I can confirm the issue... still investigating why it won't switch.
Comment 5 pybeauvais 2024-06-02 09:42:17 UTC 
This bug report (458412) open the 2022-08-28 led to a fix few months after.
Ktars 3.7.1 exhibits exactly the same bug : it's impossible once again choosing a language different from the system one.
Comment 6 Jasem Mutlaq 2024-06-21 17:44:37 UTC 
Git commit 33637a667cc60ea455d83acb81d36c3c1f9fc38c by Jasem Mutlaq.
Committed on 21/06/2024 at 17:42.
Pushed by mutlaqja into branch 'master'.

Fix bug that caused KStars selected program language to not load properly.
Related: bug 485944, bug 470505, bug 440581
FIXED-IN:3.7.2

M  +5    -4    kstars/ekos/scheduler/scheduler.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commit/33637a667cc60ea455d83acb81d36c3c1f9fc38c
Comment 7 Jasem Mutlaq 2024-06-21 17:45:22 UTC 
Git commit 1642532bf89d85750e265fd092fc1a04c4a4ee6c by Jasem Mutlaq.
Committed on 21/06/2024 at 17:44.
Pushed by mutlaqja into branch 'stable-3.7.1'.

Fix bug that caused KStars selected program language to not load properly.
Related: bug 485944, bug 470505, bug 440581
FIXED-IN:3.7.2

M  +5    -4    kstars/ekos/scheduler/scheduler.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/commit/1642532bf89d85750e265fd092fc1a04c4a4ee6c