Bug#195481: fragmented location info: hassle for users especially mobile ones

[Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel@mamane.lu>]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 08:29:03AM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:

> Well okay, granted ... but the locale would almost always be
> explicitly set, and wouldn't change when eg the lat/long are
> modified.

I disagree on that particular point. If someone installs a Debian, and
the install programs asks for lat/long, and then the system starts
speaking the "right" language to the user, he will never have set the
locale explicitly.

Two solutions:

 - Have the install program infer the (default) locale from the
   lat/long, but the lat / long changing program doesn't touch
   locale.

 - Don't mix coordinates and language at all. The install program asks
   for the default system locale as it does now.

-- 
Lionel