Bug#717107: limited TZ choices
On 16/07/13 23:56, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> 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.
I agree it is not fundamentally broken and for people who know
Debian/Linux it is not hard to change later, but I still feel it is
rigid and it would not be hard to let people alter the timezone after
choosing a country
To give another example, consider a British person setting up a PC in
their holiday home in France: "country where you live" does not help
them make the system work the way they want.
Another option may be changing the text: "Normally this should be the
country where the computer is physically located or physically
accessed. This will not limit you to using the language or locale of
the country you choose and the installer will proceed in the current
language."
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