Using the papersize command instead of editing /etc/papersize directly may be an option. But please note that the main point with the attached script is to point at a way to go from locale to papersize. It makes sense IMO to use the locale info that is available. Maybe that's what you do in the installer as well... I'd like to see a way to keep the papersize setting in sync with the regional formats settings as done from language-selector.
As regards locales, if I understand it correctly the Ubuntu model so far has been that only locales corresponding to installed languages are available. New locales are created when a language is installed, and they are removed when a language is removed. That's why remove-language- pack works the way it does. There is no other UI besides language- selector for managing the generated locales as shown with "locale -a", is there? So if you would change it somehow, I think we would need to reconsider things beyond langpack-locales. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to language-selector in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094872 Title: Installation information cause letter format instead of DIN A4 Status in “langpack-locales” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “langpack-locales” source package in Raring: Triaged Status in “language-selector” source package in Raring: Triaged Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring: Triaged Bug description: Dear ladies and gentlemen, I switched to Debian unstable after problems with TeXLive installations introduce about Oneiric. As experienced Unix administrator (AIX and RedHat certified) I was astonished not to be able to solve the problem. After several attempts I found out that my choices given to the installer: English - Berlin timezone - German eliminate deadkeys yield without any reason to the assumption that the paper format is "letter". E.g. scientists in Germany allways use English language and Berlin time (i.e. the real place being Germay), which should clearly qualify to DIN A4 choice, so the choice for /etc/papersize (letter) should be altered to "a4" under these (and similar) selections. The behaviour is there as already stated since Oneiric - before it worked as expected - and is present in the latest flavour. I currently work under Xubuntu 12.10 but have several installations (including Ubuntu 12.10 [which is really unstable and Unity still not configurable] and Debian Wheezy [testing, the latter working out of the box without changing /etc/papersize manually]). As this bug is quite clear I hope you can fix it before 13.04 - this bug is really mean as the real problem is hidden for the user and even when trying to change problems relvealed in TeXLive installation relying on the wrong set of papersize the TeXLive scripts for that purpose are not working (Debian related). But this is _NOT_ a TeXLive problem - when in Germany (Berlin time) and setting English (i.e. /etc/default/locale being: LANG="en_US.UTF-8"), papersize should be a4 and NOT letter. Otherwise one should ask for papersize seperately. If other data is needed (not think so - but anyway) please contact me: [email protected] Many thanks in advance for your help! JMB P.S.: If I missed something - like an expert mode of the installer - please inform me. But as unexperienced users may have similar selections the problem should be fixed anyway. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Dec 31 13:24:16 2012 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-23 (68 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1094872/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
