Language packs vs. locales

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:00:10AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 04:28:17PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> > Matt Zimmerman [2005-01-21 19:18 -0800]:
> > > Would it be possible to have the language packs also ensure that the
> > > appropriate locale is generated when they are installed?
> > 
> > What does that involve? Only adding the locales to /etc/locale.gen (if
> > not already present) and calling locale-gen?
> 
> Yes. However, I would not anticipate that this code path will actually
> be followed in a default install, because localechooser will itself make
> sure that the locales in question have been generated. This is required
> because not all the language packs will fit on a single CD.

Oh, is localechooser being updated to support selection of multiple locales?

At any rate, this is important for post-installation as well.  If the user
later decides to add a language pack, the locale(s) needed in order to use
it should be generated as well.

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 - mdz