Way too many languages are available

[Simon Quigley]

There are way too many options to choose from when it comes to languages. Can we simplify this a little bit?

Should we just copy Calamares' list[1] wholesale, or is that too incomplete? Where do we draw the line?

https://github.com/calamares/calamares/blob/00821945c576b2412660bc202a0a88a18ef719d7/src/libcalamares/locale/CountryData_p.cpp#L52

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

I'll agree with this (too many options)

In bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/2046099 I changed from english(US) to english(AU) which I personally see as pointless.

Australia converted from pounds & imperial measurement to dollars & metric in 1966. IBM PCs came with PC DOS from 1981 which mentioned the English(AU) in the back of the manual and had a reference codepage for AU, but the print at the bottom said it was identical to US; hey for years the machines inc. keyboards sold in AU were US made with only PSU voltage change (240V AC here).

I don't have any knowledge with non-english though sorry.

[sudodus (nio-wiklund)]

I think small languages (like Swedish with only 10 millions speakers) should be kept in the list. If people find it difficult to scroll in a long list, please make it easier to scroll.

[Rober (roberalz)]

Maybe we can start with a smaller list as is done on the Ubuntu weblate.

https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/ubuntu-desktop-installer/ubuntu-desktop-installer/