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[Arne Goetje <arne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 09/27/2011 12:13 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> 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.
> 
Then please document this change and give the users a Howto to get the
same result. And please put this in a prominent place! I predict that
many users will be confused and will rant about this change...

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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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