[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18960: Localised installs no longer receiving translations for bundled themes

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#18960: Localised installs no longer receiving translations for bundled themes
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 Reporter:  dd32             |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  3.3
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  blocker          |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
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 As part of [17576] (#14484) updating of bundled themes was removed from
 the core update process. The bundled theme updates process was left to the
 standard theme updater.

 As a result of this, Translated builds no longer receive updated
 translation files (as the .org version of the theme does not contain any
 translation files).

 This was a known issue for 3.2, however, Language packs were to take over
 for 3.3, and that hasn't happened.

 Note: Previous to the above changes, If a user updated their bundled theme
 after updating core, they'd lose translation files too.

 We need to include some way for localised builds to receive bundled theme
 translations, either:
 1. Actually include translation files with the theme (which is what every
 other theme would be doing) - Language Packs will remove the need for that
 2. Include twentyeleven/twentyten language files in wp-content/languages/
 - but I don't believe the load_textdomain() call will load from there?
 3. Forcibly copy wp-content/themes/twenty(ten|eleven)/languages/ over
 during the update process when wp-content/themes/twenty(ten|eleven) exists
 - This will still result in translation loss when a user updates their
 theme after core.

 3 is a band aid until language packs eventuate, and seemingly the best
 option if 2 isn't possible. 1 has downsides over all copies ending up with
 a tonne of extra language files which may or may not be used.

 See: http://wppolyglots.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/hello-translation-for-
 twenty-eleven-isnt-included-in/ and
 http://wppolyglots.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/twenty-eleven-losses-
 translation-after-3-2-1-update/

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