package sets Chinese as the system language

[mlg7]

after

    sudo aptitude install language-pack-kde-zh-hans

I found out that the system default language is Chinese. The problem is that I need the computer to understand Chinese, not Chinese to understand the computer.

The really annoying thing is that there is no easy way to switch back to English, the font size that is normal for English is too small for Chinese, and there is no way to copy the text from GUI controls to a robotic translator (like google or mdbg.net).

Expected behaviour:
the language pack does not change the selected system language, or at least asks the user if the change is desirable

Actual:
the language pack at installation time silently changes the system language, making the system unusable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: language-pack-kde-zh-hans 1:11.10+20111006
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 30 19:43:05 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: language-pack-kde-zh-hans
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[David Planella (dpm)]

The way to install new languages or to switch the language is to use the language selector user interface, which takes care of installing any additional packages needed to run a given locale.

Thanks for reporting this bug, but at this point I'll mark it as won't fix.