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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Arne Goetje [2011-09-27  3:39 -0000]:
> Hmm... and how are the users now going to install an input method module
> for, let's say Japanese, without installing all the translations?
> I.e. I just want to be able to type Japanese, but I don't care about the
> localized GUI, since it's not my native language, or I just prefer the
> English GUI.
> The checkboxes were there for exactly this reason. Being able to just
> display (fonts), or type (input methods) a language without having to
> install the translations.

Yes, I'm aware of that. But at this time of the freeze actually
re-implementing this feature would be too intrusive and take too much
time, I'm afraid.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856217

Title:
  Let you install only the translations (not the input methods,
  dictionnaries, etc)

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “language-selector” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The Oneiric beta2 version seems to only let you install langpacks but
  not the dictionnaries, input methods, etc

  * open language-selector
  * click on add,remove
  * select a language and look the boxes at the bottom, only the translation one can be ticked

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