Because that dropdown list is used to set other things but the language, such as date/time format, currency, default paper size... It has been considered important to provide a UI that clearly distinguishes between the display language and regional formats.
Even if the language is the same, I take for granted that "French (Canada)" differs from "French (France)" in several regional formats aspects. You know better than I do as regards "French (Belgium)", but Ubuntu assumes that the existence of a separate locale means that there is something that differs. Hence all the available locales are displayed on the regional formats list. HTH -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838101 Title: Locale settings not saved To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/838101/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
