>> I have also been surprised a few times when opening Language Support and >> noticing that Firefox translations were suddenly missing, so apparently >> they were silently uninstalled at some point. Can't tell when or why. >> >> The update of missing language support packages, which is carried out >> when you open the Language Support GUI, can be accomplished with this >> terminal command: >> >> sudo apt-get install $(check-language-support) > Yes but if we want to have any chances of 'selling' Ubuntu to normal > users, we should try to avoid steps like that at all cost.
+1. Users shouldn't need to go to Language Support or enter any commands at all unless they want to change something themselves (rather than the system silently changing it under them) >> I have played with the thought to propose that something along those >> lines is carried out via Software Updater. Suspect that such a change >> wouldn't be completely uncontroversial, though. > Echoing GunChleoc here, can't see that either >> "I only want to use British English. Why am I prompted to install >> language support packages for South Africa?" >> >> The explanation is that that's how the language pack system is designed >> currently. Either you have English - all English - installed or not. But >> some users are (for to me unknown reasons) very picky about installing >> only what they need. I can get that - I was kind of bemused that I had to install all Englishes, because my language doesn't have the coverage yet to be included in the installer. One English would have done the job just as nicely - I only needed it so I could pick my own language later, and after the switch, to fill the gaps in incomplete translations, all I really need is the basic "en" that's used as a basis for translation. > So because some multi-country locales are lazy about the ranking of > their preferred locales, all locales which don't (probably most which > aren't English) have to settle for a headache? An odd argument (I know > it's not your POV). As explained above, I think the design for English is seriously broken, and it's not really nice for English-speakers either - in the initial install, they too get forced to install all Englishes, even if the updater then drops this later. I have researched and made a recommendation in the bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1294858/comments/10 -- ubuntu-translators mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
