[Bug 1090288] [NEW] The locale file for en_ZA appears to have an error

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I suspect there is a problem with the locale for South Africa. The
locale file for en_ZA located in /usr/share/i18n/locales has the
following settings:

LC_Monetary
.....

% "."
mon_decimal_point       "<U002C>"

% ","
mon_thousands_sep       "<U00A0>"
mon_grouping            3;3
positive_sign           ""
....


LC_NUMERIC
% "."
decimal_point           "<U002C>"

% ","
thousands_sep           "<U00A0>"
grouping                3;3
END LC_NUMERIC


- Unicode character <U002C> is for a comma "," and not a full stop "." It should be <U002E>
- Unicode character <U00A0> is for a non-breaking space " " and not a comma "," . If it's meant to be a comma it should be <U002C>

South Africa is on the metric system and uses a "." for decimal places.
The above issue results in the regional settings having a comma in the
decimal place and causes a number of errors when trying to use other
software packages.

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment
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The locale file for en_ZA appears to have an error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090288
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