[Bug 1094872] Re: Installation information cause letter format instead of DIN A4

[JMB]

I got a little confused - actually I have not looked at the dependencies and variables of
the installation process but from my point of view the site location - given in the Ubuntu
installation process for setting the time zone - should be responsible for the choice for
paper size (which seems to be the case till ~Ubuntu 10.10), i.e.:
      Berlin time / CET -> DIN A4 paper.
Selecting English locale (i.e. language and cultural conventions like day namings etc.)
is in international environments alway EN (GB or US) - so this is not qualified for the
paper size.

As TeX Live in Debian packaging can not be changed to another paper
format with standard scripts (I looked into it - they just don't work - and
finally reinstalled the system - much less effort), this installation bug is
a real problem under those circumstances.
I found nothing in WWW and even on forums the answer was not clear:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11755454#post11755454

In case the installer can not be fixed due to other users/customers needs
it would be nice to advise people installing TeX Live to look at /etc/papersize
and change it (to a4 or letter ...) if necessary _before_ the installation.
Maybe you can - if appropriate - redirect/fork the case to documentation
and/or TeX Live maintainer.

Thanks!

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Title:
  Installation information cause letter format instead of DIN A4

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Dear ladies and gentlemen,

  I switched to Debian unstable after problems with TeXLive installations introduce about Oneiric.
  As experienced Unix administrator (AIX and RedHat certified) I was astonished not to be able
  to solve the problem.
  After several attempts I found out that my choices given to the installer:
         English - Berlin timezone - German eliminate deadkeys
  yield without any reason to the assumption that the paper format is "letter".
  E.g. scientists in Germany allways use English language and Berlin time (i.e. the real place being Germay),
  which should clearly qualify to DIN A4 choice, so the choice for /etc/papersize (letter) should be altered
  to "a4" under these (and similar) selections.
  The behaviour is there as already stated since Oneiric - before it worked as expected -
  and is present in the latest flavour.
  I currently work under Xubuntu 12.10 but have several installations (including Ubuntu 12.10
  [which is really unstable and Unity still not configurable] and Debian Wheezy [testing,
  the latter working out of the box without changing /etc/papersize manually]).
  As this bug is quite clear I hope you can fix it before 13.04 - this bug is really mean as the
  real problem is hidden for the user and even when trying to change problems relvealed in
  TeXLive installation relying on the wrong set of papersize  the TeXLive scripts for that purpose
  are not working (Debian related).
  But this is _NOT_ a TeXLive problem - when in Germany (Berlin time) and setting English
  (i.e. /etc/default/locale  being: LANG="en_US.UTF-8"), papersize should be a4 and NOT letter.
  Otherwise one should ask for papersize seperately.
  If other data is needed (not think so - but anyway) please contact me:
     Jochen.M.Braun at gmx.de

  Many thanks in advance for your help!

  JMB

  P.S.: If I missed something - like an expert mode of the installer - please inform me.
     But as unexperienced users may have similar selections the problem should be fixed anyway.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Dec 31 13:24:16 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-23 (68 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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