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  1. Bug #407300
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 407300

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 407300] Re: /etc/gdm/Xsession breaks LANGUAGE

Arne Goetje [2010-03-21 8:20 -0000]:
> I think this code and the fallback list should be placed into a separate
> library, so that it can be used by gdm and ubiquity/debian-installer to
> set the LANGUAGE variable correctly.

I don't think we'll have time to add this to gdm anytime soon, though.
We still have tons of other and more pressing bugs to fix in gdm in
particular, and the desktop in general.

> I can split out the code from language-selector and create a
> command-line interface to query the mapping. If you guys agree with
> that, can we get this done until beta2?

Is that file hard to parse? It might be easier and more efficient to
parse the file directly than to call an external program and parse
its output?

Martin
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