GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 672677
[Language List] Bodo (brx) locale is not available in list, while glibc list locale
Last modified: 2012-03-27 08:33:42 UTC
Originally reported in Fedora for Fedora 17 *************************************************** A S Alam 2012-03-14 07:39:08 EDT Description of problem: while adding Bodo language to language list, it was not there in Region and Language list in Control-Center, while locale is present in Glibc (locale -a) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: every-time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Control-Center 2. Region & Language 3. Language -> + Search for bodo Actual results: no language for Bodo name Expected results: it should be there as supported by locale system Additional info: $ls /usr/share/i18n/locales/brx_IN $locale -a|grep brx brx_IN brx_IN.utf8 *************************************************** control-center-3.3.91-1.fc17.x86_64 glibc-2.15-28.fc17.x86_64
Fedora bug:- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803291
This language lacks translations. The gdm language collection rule is to have translations present on the system. In this case there is no directory present on the system with translations -> /usr/share/locale/brx/LC_MESSAGES
Why should the system offer a language that it cannot provide? => NOTABUG.
If system offer CLDR/locale i think that is sufficient for one to choose that language for login. With login in specific locale, user can get locale things defined in locale i.e. LC_CTYPE,LC_NUMERIC,LC_TIME,LC_COLLATE,LC_MONETARY,LC_MESSAGES,LC_PAPER,LC_NAME,LC_ADDRESS,LC_TELEPHONE,LC_MEASUREMENT,LC_CTYPE,LC_NUMERIC,LC_TIME,LC_COLLATE,LC_MONETARY,LC_MESSAGES,LC_PAPER,LC_NAME,LC_ADDRESS,LC_TELEPHONE and LC_MEASUREMENT
- Upstream glibc bug http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13282 - brx_IN is available in Fedora 17
If you want to use things other than LC_MESSAGES, then change the "Formats" tab in "Region & Language". If there are no translations, it won't appear in the language list.
IMHO locale should be criteria for listing language name in selection box. I don't think there is any language which has translation but not locale.
(In reply to comment #7) > IMHO locale should be criteria for listing language name in selection box. > I don't think there is any language which has translation but not locale. But there are plenty of cases where the reverse is true. If the selection has no visible effect on the UI, there's no point in showing it. Getting translating instead of arguing.