Comment 6 for bug 553162

Thanks for the detailed info Kevin.

El dv 23 de 04 de 2010 a les 08:16 +0000, en/na Kevin Huang va escriure:
> reproduce with Lucid-RC
>
> 1. Fresh install Lucid with Japanese as as default language and with no Internet connection during installation.
> 2. reboot and connect to internet. the language of menu on the top panel is in English which should be in Japanese.
> Screenshot: locale and other information provided.

This is expected behaviour. Due to space constraints, we can only fit a
few language packs on the CD, and Japanese is one of them.

These can be downloaded post-installation (well, or automatically during
the installation, if there is network and Internet connectivity), which
is why we show the notification message below.

> 3. System pops up the language installation is incomplete. Download, install the language pack.
> 4. Reboot the system. the language of menu on the top panel is in JAPANESE.

Yes. Up until here this is expected behaviour. See
http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/NonEnglishLanguage#Installation%
20No%20Network

>
> 5. Install Traditional Chinese Language pack, move Chinese (Taiwan) to the first one in the language options
> 6. Reboot the system. the language of menu on the top panel is in Traditional Chinese, EXCEPT Firefox browser
> is in Japanese screenshot-3
>
> One new bug here. originally, I saved the screenshot file on the desktop. I moved the file on the screen, it suddenly disappeared. I checked the desktop folder, the screenshot files are still there.
> screenshot-4
> screenshot-5: locale and other information provided.
>
> 6. move English (United States) to the first one in the language options.
> Reboot the system. the language of menu on the top panel is still in Traditional Chinese, EXCEPT Firefox browser is in Japanese. Strange, all the files in desktop folder are showed again.
> screenshot-6
> screenshot-7: locale and other information provided.
>
> 7. reboot one more time. no change. move move English after English (United States) in the language options
> screenshot-8
>
> 8. reboot system. the language of menu on the top panel is in English.
> however the folder name is in Traditional chinese. Usually system
> shoudl pop up a screen which ask users if they want to keep the old
> name, but no this time.
>

I believe all this should be related to the issue described in bug
553162 and the fact that some programs, most notably Firefox, ignore the
LANGUAGE value and use LANG instead.
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