1632462 - [Reinstall prompt] Several strings are not translated for the stub installer’s reinstall prompt on ru & ar builds

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Emil Ghitta, QA [:emilghitta]]

Affected versions

• Firefox 77.0a1

Affected platforms

• Windows 10 64bit

Preconditions

• Firefox is already installed through Stub installer and the browser was runned at least once.

Steps to reproduce

1. Uninstall the installed copy from the preconditions.
2. Run Stub Installer again (ar or ru build).

Expected result

• All the translated strings are displayed in the respective locale and rendered correctly.

Actual result

• The “Restore default settings and remove old add-ons for optimal performance” & “Re-install” strings seems to fallback in English.

Regression range

• Last known good build 77.0a1 (2020-04-20-21-49-39)
• First known bad build 77.0a1 (2020-04-21-09-42-20)
• Possible regressor: Bug 1596812

Notes

• For more information regarding this issue, please observe the attached screenshots.

Comment 1

[Emil Ghitta, QA [:emilghitta]]

Attachment: ru-build.png

Comment 2

[Emil Ghitta, QA [:emilghitta]]

Attachment: ar-build.png

Comment 3

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Those strings are new (no access keys compared to prior), and new translations will show up as the localization teams make progress.

Comment 4

[Adam Gashlin (he/him) [:agashlin] (ex-moco)]

I provided some try builds where I removed the & for these strings in ru and he in bug 1596812 comment 28, if you want an approximation for ru and an RTL language.