1654921 - Thunderbird Language Settings dialog: 'Search for more languages' fails to find available language packs

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

STR:

• Options > General > Language > Set Alternatives > Select a language to add > Search for more languages

Actual:

• This converts the "Search for more languages" entry in the "Select a language to add" dropdown to a caption dropdown entry "Available languages" - and that's it.

Expected:

• Offer a list of available language packs for choosing one to add.

Apart from not doing anything, somehow the entire UI around this looks unfinished and clumsy/duplicated. E.g., the Add button looks superfluous: Choosing a language from "Select a language to add" could just add it.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Being able to change application language from inside Thunderbird would make testing other languages easier by order of magnitudes.

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

It's just that lang-packs aren't on ATN yet. But we shouldn't make them available before 78.2 either (due to OpenPGP string addditions)

Comment 3

[zetka]

I confirm the same behavior. Still unsolved in 78.2.2

Comment 4

[[e-mail]]

Isn't solved in up to 96.0b3 ...
I have to install Thunderbird instances side by side if I need more than one UI language (on some computers up to five times: en, de, es, fr, pt -- whatever students are using these computers.

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

We don't support lang-packs for beta.