[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084745] Re: Gnome displays wrong language

2012-12-11 Thread Jeremy Bicha
** Package changed: meta-gnome3 (Ubuntu) = language-selector (Ubuntu) -- 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/1084745 Title: Gnome displays wrong language Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084745] Re: Gnome displays wrong language

2012-12-11 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Hi Rüdiger, Thanks for your effort to improve Ubuntu by reporting this observation! Actually it's not a bug, though. English (US) does only include 'translations' for a few packages with message strings where somebody has found it motivated to change the programs' English message strings to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084745] Re: Gnome displays wrong language

2012-12-11 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On the other hand, Language Selector's UI is confusing. English (US) should inherently (and possibly invisibly) fall back to English since English (US) is such an incomplete translation. Probably the other English variations should as well. I think we should reopen this bug. -- You received

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084745] Re: Gnome displays wrong language

2012-12-11 Thread Rüdiger Kupper
Thanks Gunnar for the explanation, I see now where I misunderstood the GUI. Jeremy as pretty much hit the point as to what my misunderstanding was. Let the paraphrase what my intention was choosing this setup. What I intended to say to Ubuntu was: Use the English language everywhere, and if

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1084745] Re: Gnome displays wrong language

2012-12-11 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
On 2012-12-11 19:27, Rüdiger Kupper wrote: What I intended to say to Ubuntu was: Use the English language everywhere, and if there's a difference between UK and US English, please utilize the US variant. Only in the (very rare) cases, where there's *no English translation at all* available,