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[Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seb points out that the indicator-datetime hasn't changed since oneiric
so this is not likely to be a regression.  This is possible; on
reflection, the last time I would have needed Central Time would have
been in January, so I wasn't trying to select this timezone at all in
oneiric, so maybe other timezones generally work better.

** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Precise) => indicator-
datetime (Ubuntu Precise)

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Title:
  timezone map no longer allows reliable selection of the correct zone

Status in “indicator-datetime” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “indicator-datetime” source package in Precise:
  New

Bug description:
  In precise, when I click on the "Time & Date Settings" from the
  datetime indicator, I'm presented with a timezone map.  Clicking in
  the general area of Iowa/Illinois, US, which is firmly in the
  US/Central timezone, results in "Vincennes" being selected as my
  timezone - which is wrong, Vincennes is in Eastern time and the
  highlighted region is clearly not where my mouse pointer was!  moving
  slightly to the left and clicking again, while staying in the right
  area for the Central timezone, I now get "Denver" selected, which is
  one timezone to the WEST of what should be selected.  If I move my
  mouse up into Minnesota and click, I get "Rainy River", which is in
  the right general timezone but in the wrong country ( == DST rules are
  not guaranteed to be the same). Clicking again at the same point does
  no good - it does not cycle through the cities in this timezone band,
  only continues to present me with the same wrong zone.

  By trial and error, moving the cursor a pixel at a time and clicking
  again, I'm ultimately able to choose Chicago.

  This UI is completely unusable.  I know it didn't work this poorly in
  oneiric, so something seems to have regressed upstream.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-3.3-generic 3.1.0
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov 21 10:49:58 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: indicator-datetime
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (12 days ago)

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