JDK-7177044 : NLS: Relocate untranslatable resources from translatable rc files
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: install
  • Sub-Component: install
  • Affected Version: 7u6
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2012-06-14
  • Updated: 2013-09-12
  • Resolved: 2012-09-17
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JDK 7 JDK 8
7u10Resolved 8 b57Fixed
Description
install/make/installer/bundles/windows/ishield/wrapper/common/common_en.rc
% grep IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM *
common_de.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "d5dd746503d0917e448b52b2962a386c2996c4af"
common_en.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "d7a646404a5ddd280ff9bb1e5f0eee749a7fec74"
common_es.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "b6b46c0f7818389d427b379c977a547a965839f4"
common_fr.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "fdbf00ee4e5cdee81854f9b7ac5e89a445765f68"
common_it.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "1ed5cc29e3ca9706bc00b9e083a0794620f382fa"
common_ja.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "cf6b2ac672ead7d754db4788eb6b2fe466c550a2"
common_ko.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "8627601d2979d1059b12d7cb5935b9946621ddec"
common_pt_BR.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "728b769b32a1bb519d0bd4d13f8ff4f940dae839"
common_sv.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "6f35c30946a0e11f0b29ba79755c2c2c63837f15"
common_zh.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "ee8037a56ba3fe03f08eac3e0c1eaef0e372b75b"
common_zh_TW.rc:    IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM   "abc95b97f6298f8ab520274c35eaa55529a1ce18"

I noticed they return from WPTG translation team in random numbers. We need to move these to another resource file that will not be included in translation process.

This should be addressed in jdk8 and 7ux
Comments
EVALUATION The fix is to move out the following untranslatable resources from the translatable rc files. IDS_LICENSE_AGREEMENT_URL "http://java.com/license/" IDS_CLICK_HERE_URL "http://java.com/data/" IDS_COMPLETE_BROWSER_URL "http://java.com/autoupdate" IDS_SPONSOR_BANNER_CHECKSUM "7864174397fc8cb0d8e8863f9b0978fca7b9e9ed"
28-08-2012