[Bug 814448] Re: Debian Installer has wrong defaults when country = IM GG or JE

[Nigel Roberts]

It seems to me that there needs to be some work done to ensure that
changes to the official ISO list become 'sticky' and don't get undone by
some careless person using an out-of-date ISO-3166 country list
reference.

GG JE and IM were added to the ISO list in 2006.

AX not long after.

SX, CW and others (Dutch Caribbean) recently.

This problem is pervasive and causes real-life problems ..

While Ubuntu itself is free -- this sort of error in other circumstances
-- such as using Ubuntu as an e-commerce website platform and being
forced to choose a "wrong" country code can (and often does!) cause a
20% increase in the price of something (being charged VAT when it is not
applicable).

This should be addressed at a strategic level .. it affects more than
just the installer.

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Title:
  Debian Installer has wrong defaults when country = IM GG or JE

Status in “console-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When installing the operating system (in my case Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit
  Desktop) and selecting my location, the default keyboard and
  localisation is set to United States. For IM (Isle of Man), GG
  (Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) and JE (Jersey) this should be set to
  the UK keyboard and UK localisation as the default.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jul 22 08:01:06 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
  MachineType: Packard Bell imedia S3210
  MemoryUsage:
   total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
   Mem:       2829700    1059684    1770016          0     104568     353592
   -/+ buffers/cache:     601524    2228176
   Swap:            0          0          0
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=0d2e5126-f312-427d-9c2a-6c402583e007 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: debian-installer
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-28 (54 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/06/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
  dmi.bios.version: P01-B2
  dmi.board.name: WMCP78M
  dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrP01-B2:bd11/06/2009:svnPackardBell:pnimediaS3210:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnWMCP78M:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: imedia S3210
  dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell

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