Spelling error in location list during installation

Ask Hjorth Larsen asklarsen at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 22:40:55 UTC 2016


Hi Dan

Which language are you using?

The standard package for timezone data, tzdata, has Montreal and does
not have Mount-Royal in any language for Ubuntu 16.04.  I don't know
from where Ubuntu gets its strings, or why it does not use the
standard tzdata package.

Best regards
Ask

2016-12-07 19:29 GMT+01:00 Dan Shea <silirat at gmail.com>:
> I'm guessing that this is where I have to send this... the bug reporting FAQ
> says 'misspelling and translation' errors should be sent to youse guys.
>
> I have most recently seen this in the installation for 16.10, but it has
> been present in every version of Ubuntu that I have ever installed (as far
> back as 8.04 at least)
>
> During the initial set up of the system, when it asks for your
> location/timezone, the city that I live in (Montreal) does not appear in the
> list.
>
> It appears that it is listed as 'Mont-Royal', which is a misspelling of
> 'Mount-Royal' (a suburb of Montreal).
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Dan
>
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