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[Rolf Leggewie <163686@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 152945 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152945

the requested solution in bug 152945 is how this should be done

** Summary changed:

- There are no way to install only needed English translations - language-pack-en installs all translations of english variants (en_GB, en_AU, en_CA, etc)
+ There is no way to install only needed English translations - language-pack-en installs all translations of english variants (en_GB, en_AU, en_CA, etc)

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 152945
   /var/lib/locales/supported.d should reside in /etc

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Title:
  There is no way to install only needed English translations -
  language-pack-en installs all translations of english variants (en_GB,
  en_AU, en_CA, etc)

Status in language-pack-en-base package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in language-pack-en-base package in Baltix:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: language-pack-en-base

  There are no way to install only needed English translations (for
  example just British English)  - language-pack-en installs all the
  translations of English variants (en_GB, en_AU, en_CA, etc).

  This is an annoying problem, because too many unneeded locales appear
  in login prompt (gdm login screen) and users are confused by this -
  they don't know which English variant to choose from about 15 (en_HK,
  en_DK, en_IN, en_ZW, en_NZ, en_PH, en_US, en_GB, en_AU, en_SG, en_BW,
  en_ZA, en_CA, en_IE) ! :(

  I think this situation is not correct - almost no one will need
  English British, English Australian, English South African, English
  Singapore and all other 10 translations (look above) *at* *the* *same*
  *time*.

  Users will need only one of them at the majority of cases.

  Some other translations variants of the same language are already in separate language packs, for example Greek:
  language-pack-el-base (translations for language Greek, Modern)
  language-pack-grc-base (translations for language Greek, Ancient)

  I think language-pack-en should be split at least to several language
  packs according to geographical regions, for example for en_AU
  (Australian) and en_NZ (New Zealand) translations same language pack
  could be used, because Australia and New Zealand are neighbor
  countries.

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