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[Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Gunnar for this explanation! I think its important. While it only
affects a small amount of users those who are affected have a hard time
to change the settings if they don't read english (or do not read it
well). So I would be in favor of fixing it, especially with the LTS->LTS
upgrade in mind.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/889252

Title:
  language selection not preserved accross upgrades

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After a natty->oneiric upgrade and the switch from gdm to lightdm the
  language settings on login are not remembered.

  The user account in question had "german" as the default language, the .dmrc settings are:
  """
  [Desktop]
  Language=de
  Session=ubuntu
  """
  However when I log into the system I get english locales and shows that LANGUAGE is not set.

  What makes this bug worse is that the language can no longer be set in the greeter. This means that a user
  who does not speak english is lost. Finding language-selector and use the drag-n-drop (with a explaination how
  it works in english and a non-intutive UI) is difficult.

  The system itself is a english default and english install, its just this particular user that requires a german
  environment. 

  I did reproduce this bug in a stock natty->oneiric upgrade, to reproduce, set userlanguage in gdm  to "german", login, 
  upgrade, login again -> english desktop.

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