#3677 NORM First D: activation failure mode and fail-screen are confusing

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#3677: activation failure mode and fail-screen are confusing
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  Reporter:  sj           |       Owner:  Eben                  
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                   
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  First Deployment, V1.0
 Component:  distro       |     Version:                        
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                        
  Verified:  0            |  
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Changes (by Eben):

 * cc: cscott (added)


Comment:

 I wonder: we are already customizing the software based on the
 distribution, right?  Would it not be possible to choose a fixed name for
 the bitmaps (eg. "no_lease.bmp" and "stolen.bmp"), the contents of which
 was determined at "distribution-time", and not at runtime, such that OFW
 didn't need to jump through hoops to perform localization while
 eliminating the need for a large number of languages?  (I assume some
 locales may still require two or three languages even using this method,
 but at least they would be well targeted.)

 In other news, here are the automatic translations I obtained.  Could the
 polylingual check these out for accuracy, correctness and succinctness?

 English: Activation lease not found, Laptop reported stolen
 Spanish: Arriendo de la activación no encontrado, Computadora portátil
 señalada robada
 Portuguese: Aluguer da ativação não encontrado, Laptop relatado roubado
 French: Bail de lancement non trouvé, Ordinateur portatif enregistré volé

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