[Bug 1851463] [NEW] german language is not available for spellchecker with german locale and plugin installed

[Paul Ortyl]

Public bug reported:

German/Polish spell checker is not available in the email editor.  The only language to be chosen from context menu is English.
German and polish locale and thunderbird plugins are installed but apparently not active.

As a reference: spell checking in firefox is available for many variants
of English, German and Polish.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: thunderbird 1:68.1.2+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  ortyl      6479 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC2:  ortyl      6479 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  ortyl      6479 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20191010144232
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov  6 07:26:08 2019
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 English (GB) Language Pack - langpack-en-GB at thunderbird.mozilla.org
 Polski Language Pack - langpack-pl at thunderbird.mozilla.org
 Deutsch (DE) Language Pack - langpack-de at thunderbird.mozilla.org
 Thunderbird (default) - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-25 (1349 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160225)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp0s25 proto dhcp metric 100 
 192.168.1.0/24 dev enp0s25 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.191 metric 100
PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja:greprefs.js:1141
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=68.1.2/20191010144232 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-30 (36 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/18/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G5ETA3WW (2.63 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2447MU0
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98401 WIN
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ETA3WW(2.63):bd09/18/2015:svnLENOVO:pn2447MU0:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2447MU0:rvr0B98401WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad W530
dmi.product.name: 2447MU0
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_2447
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan wayland-session

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  german language is not available for spellchecker with german locale
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