Bug#553678: locales: Language soup in Nowegian locale
On Monday 02 November 2009, Frode Severin Hatlevik wrote:
> 2009/11/2 Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>:
> > On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:05:52PM +0100, Frode Severin Hatlevik wrote:
> >> The problem: When I install Debian and choose Norwegian locale I get
> >> a language soup of Norwegian, Sweedish, Danish and English in most
> >> programs. This issue pertains to messages in console programs as well
> >> as in several programs for X11. The soup is present in both versions
> >> of Norvegian (Bokmaal and Nynorsk).
> >
> > I think your problem is with localechooser in the installer, and I
> > think it is related to this:
> >
> > nb_NO;Norwegian Bokmaal;Norsk
> > bokmål;1;NO;nb_NO.UTF-8;nb_NO:nb:no_NO:no:nn_NO:nn:da:sv:en;console-se
> >tup
>
> Seems likely that you are correct.
The real problem is incomplete translations.
The only thing the installer does is to set LANG in such a way that there
are logical fallbacks for strings that are not translated into your
preferred language. The fallbacks have been requested by the translators
for Norwegian.
If you wish less "language soup", then the best way to help avoid it is to
join the translation effort. If you think the fallbacks should be
simplified, you should discuss that with the translation team for
Norwegian.
> Should I file a separate bug against the Debian installer, then?
No. The BR is already reassigned to localechooser, which is part of the
installer.
Cheers,
FJP
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