[Bug 828412] Re: installer does not allow the right country/language combination

[André Pirard]

This problem does not affect the graphical installer, so it's brilliantly solved it by removing the text installer ;-)
Not everyone finds  sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata  and  tzselect  trivial.
sample ;-) : http://askubuntu.com/questions/33025/locale-settings-are-not-right-how-can-i-reset-them
I'm even getting scolded by certain persons for suggesting commands.

BTW, it's a pity that the whole of a language must be installed (except Chinese?) just for using its locale.
As well as for spell-checking it, for those who don't know how to install just the dictionary and select it.
For example askubuntu. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1624581
Windows can use any locale and spelling despite remaining monolingual ;-)
It can even change details of a locale piece by piece.

I found no status indicating that the problem disappeared because the
component disappeared :-)

Thank you.

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Title:
  installer does not allow the right country/language combination

Status in “localechooser” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 11.10 beta installation.

   1. What you expected to happen

  The same as what happened, but without the inconvenience

   2. What actually happened

  Update: seems to affect only Alternate CD (Gnome), LiveCD is OK.

  Supposing a foreign person person in Belgium, let's say an American.

  Installation starts.
  Language choice: what he speaks: English (twice)
  Country for time zone, euro, etc. : Belgium

  Answer: "There is no locale defined for the combination of language and country..."
  "You can now select the locale that will be used ... [a country where English is spoken]"
  And our American guy is requested to move to Zimbabwe or some place, e. g. return to US.
  Or to install and configure the system in a language he does not understand.

  FYI: a computer located in Belgium is perfectly capable of running in English, see:
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Setting-the-POSIX-Locale

  As a side note, if he chooses Dutch (his neighbour's language) the
  system answers that the messages may be a mix of Dutch and English !!!
  Make up your mind ;-)

   3. The minimal series of steps necessary to make it happen, where step 1 is "start the program"
  1 start the programs
  2 all of the above.

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