Ubuntu
language-selector package

Explanation text says "format" but option changes LANGUAGE

Bug #697582 reported by tsg1zzn on 2011-01-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #553162: Set $LANGUAGE if the user picks a different locale in gdm, so that language-selector and gdm stop disagreeing. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	language-selector (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: language-selector

The explanation text is "Display numbers, dates and currency amounts in the usual format for:"
But selecting a different item in the list changes not only the format, but also the language. Which is something completely different.

As a result I'm forced to use nonsense format settings and foreign currency unless I want broken Norwegian translations showing up everywhere (even though I selected english language).

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote on 2011-01-05:

I can confirm that what you describe may well happen. I'm also glad to say that the issue has been fixed. The fixes have been released in Natty, and fixed packages for Lucid and Maverick are available at https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/locale-test. I mark this report as a duplicate of bug 553162.