Bug#563861: localechooser: Maybe ask preferred locale in more cases?

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:

> On Wednesday 06 January 2010, Christian PERRIER wrote:
>
>> +1 for me. Nice catch, again. That specific example would have raised
>> suggestions at some time so it's much better if we can anticipate
>> them.
>
> Current text is:
>    There is no locale defined for the combination of language and country
>    you have selected. You can now select your preference from the locales
>    available for the selected language. The locale that will be used is
>    listed in the second column.
>
> And the first sentence is obviously not correct for this change.
>
> One solution could be to just drop the first sentence for this case.
>
> Another option could be to make the first sentence variable and change it 
> as follows for this case:
>    There are multiple locales defined for the language you have selected.
>
> But then it's maybe better to rewrite the whole para as:
>    There are multiple locales defined for the language you have selected.
>    You can now select your preference from those locales. The locale that
>    will be used is listed in the second column.

I agree.  If you allow a general observation: it seems that problems
arise if the texts depend on each other, since their individual presence
depends on the priority relations.  While it's useful if the installer
explains its steps (the dependent texts serve this very purpose), maybe
we have to accept a compromise and relegate that into the logs.  Or find
a workable solution.
-- 
Regards,
Feri.