oneiric installer does not support english language in Germany

[Hadmut Danisch]

Hi,

I just started to install oneiric alpha2 onto a notebook for some tests, using the alternate-32bit iso image copied onto a USB stick.

Usually I choose the english language but the locale for Germany/Berlin, since I need the german keyboard and time settings, but prefer english language due to the often odd translations (e.g. many programs ask in German for yes/no i.e. for Ja/Nein, but still accept only y/n). This was working until 11.10, but oneiric denies and says it has no settings for this pair of language and locale.

English should be supported for every locale.

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

If you encounter the bug when installing from the Alternate or Server CDs, the package is debian-installer.

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

It's sort of annoying. First the installer tells you that you cannot choose the english language for a german location, but then it warns you about your (enforced) choice of german language since the translation is odd and incomplete. And indeed, once you have chosen (because there's no option) german, you get a strange mixture of german and english.

Why not leave it as it was?

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

I just did some more testing. Even if you choose german language and the german keyboard at installation time, it still not uses a german keyboard layout during the installation process.