Bug 1312890

Summary: langpacks-en should be added
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mike FABIAN <mfabian>
Component: langpacksAssignee: Parag Nemade <pnemade>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Mike FABIAN 2016-02-29 13:06:22 UTC
Installing “langpacks-en_GB” with dnf will install glibc-langpacks-en:

    [mfabian@Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_6 ~]$ sudo dnf install langpacks-en_GB
    Last metadata expiration check performed 2:49:31 ago on Wed Feb 24 15:05:33 2016.
    Dependencies resolved.
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     Package                  Arch          Version                 Repository      Size
    =====================================================================================
    Installing:
     glibc-langpack-en        x86_64        2.23.90-2.fc25          rawhide        272 k
     langpacks-en_GB          noarch        1.0-6.fc25              rawhide        7.1 k
     
    Transaction Summary
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    Install  2 Packages
     
    Total download size: 279 k
    Installed size: 3.3 M
    Is this ok [y/N]:


That is good, but not everybody who wants glibc-langpack-en will
install langpacks-en_GB. A user of US English for example may
not install langpacks-en_GB and therefore not get the glibc-langpack-en he
needs.

Also, a libreoffice-langpacks-en exists:

[mfabian@Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_6 ~]$ sudo dnf search libreoffice-langpack-en
Last metadata expiration check performed 0:04:38 ago on Wed Feb 24 18:07:33 2016.
======================= N/S Matched: libreoffice-langpack-en ========================
libreoffice-langpack-en.x86_64 : English language pack for LibreOffice
[mfabian@Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_6 ~]$

This is also not automatically installed when installing langpacks-en_GB.

Therefore, I think a langpacks-en should be added.

Comment 1 Parag Nemade 2016-02-29 15:16:43 UTC
Okay fixed this now in langpacks-1.0-7 build for f24+.

Comment 2 Carlos O'Donell 2016-02-29 15:21:25 UTC
This is a Fedora 24 release blocker because it impacts Critical Path translations.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Final_Release_Criteria#Critical_path_translations

While the gettext-based translations should default to American English (likely the reason no langpack-en exists), such default translations do not include additional resources like American English localizations, which are required to complete the "translation" accurately e.g. What date format do you use? Withou langpack-en the user is limited to C, POSIX, or C.UTF-8 localization practices which do not match en_US.UTF-8 locale practices e.g. month name before day number.

There are two alternatives to solving this blocker:

(a) All installs must include en_US.utf8 in their minimal set of installs. This is not ideal because it is wasteful for non-English users.

(b) Create a langpack-en such that American English users, like all other users, can have this lanpack installed, and thus include glibc-langpack-en to provide the correct localizations.

This bug proposes (b).

Comment 3 Carlos O'Donell 2016-02-29 15:22:56 UTC
Parag, Thanks for fixing so quickly!