Bug#717107: limited TZ choices
Daniel Pocock (2013-07-16):
> Actually, it's a little confusing - I just went back in the installer
> and yes, I can choose that permutation and then I'm told "There is no
> locale defined for the country of language and country" and then I can
> manually get en_GB. So I can achieve the correct configuration.
>
> However, some users may simply choose GB as their country (I'm an
> Australian but I choose GB because Australians use British English and I
> personally spent a lot of time living there) - so while I don't see this
> as a severe issue, I think it would be helpful to let the user choose a
> country that they associate with rather than their exact location at the
> moment of installation. Then the TZ question should let them deviate
> further from the options for their country.
No, no, no. You really really should *read* instead of *assuming* random
things.
Quoting the “Select your location” screen, first two sentences are:
| The selected location will be used to set your time zone and also for
| example to help select the system locale. Normally this should be the
| country where you live.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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