[Bug 1875290] [NEW] Ubutu Ubiquity Installer sets wrong language locale based on set time zone

[Tony Thuitai]

Public bug reported:

The Ubuntu Installer sets the wrong language locale when some timezones
are set/automatically set for example when I set the language to English
and set the timezone to Nairobi GMT+3, the locale that is set is not an
English locale but a non-English one which is Oromo-KE instead of
English US or English UK based on keyboard layout chosen in
installation. Correction of the error after installation is possible on
gnome graphically but requires the terminal to properly correct it in
KDE and XFCE.

I request a change to the installer to solve this issue which is to
allow users to set a type of the main Language selected for example when
English is selected at the start of installation, the next step before
setting the keyboard layout should be the English type, for example,
English-UK, English-US and others so that the correct language locale is
set. An example of the change is the System76 Pop OS installation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 27 09:53:50 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Symptom: installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal ubiquity-20.04.15

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Title:
  Ubutu Ubiquity Installer sets wrong language locale based on set time
  zone

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu Installer sets the wrong language locale when some
  timezones are set/automatically set for example when I set the
  language to English and set the timezone to Nairobi GMT+3, the locale
  that is set is not an English locale but a non-English one which is
  Oromo-KE instead of English US or English UK based on keyboard layout
  chosen in installation. Correction of the error after installation is
  possible on gnome graphically but requires the terminal to properly
  correct it in KDE and XFCE.

  I request a change to the installer to solve this issue which is to
  allow users to set a type of the main Language selected for example
  when English is selected at the start of installation, the next step
  before setting the keyboard layout should be the English type, for
  example, English-UK, English-US and others so that the correct
  language locale is set. An example of the change is the System76 Pop
  OS installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Apr 27 09:53:50 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-27 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  Symptom: installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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