Language packs vs. locales

[Rui Tiago Matos]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:40:37 +0100, Danilo Šegan <danilo at kvota.net> wrote:
> Today at 17:26, Shlomi Loubaton wrote:
> 
> > I think that it's reasonable to have my locales set when installing
> > language package.
> 
> Nope, what if you want to add another language pack for your friend at
> a later date?  You'd have to uninstall your original locale, and
> install it back once you install the new one :)
> 
And what about a little debconf question to ask for the desired
default? I know Ubuntu's policy is the KISS paradigm but a question
like this should be asked at least on the Hoary upgrade for 2 reasons:

1. The locales packages only now are being introduced.
2. The transition to UTF-8 as only happened now.