Description of problem: Currently Fedora Core ships with no localized versions of Firefox. The desktop without a localized web browser is unusable for non-english speaking users, thus Fedora Core should install localized versions for each installed language by default. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install fedora and select a non-english locale 2. enter as a user (selecting a non-english locale) 3. run firefox Actual Results: Firefox is in English Expected Results: Firefox should be localized Additional info: There are a couple of bug reports here in bugzilla about this: #139290 and #144251, which are marked as possible duplicates of #137134. Since #137134 refers only to RHEL (and only to the languages it supports), and since the previously mentioned bugs refer only to particular locales (no_NO and pt_BR), I file a new bug aimed to all languages (feel free to mark it as duplicated, and I apologize for the extra work this might cause you). Contrary to what is said in a comment in bug #137134, localized versions of Firefox seem to be coordinated through the Mozilla Localization Project (MLP): http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp.html (mabye MPL is posterior to that comment)
I'm working on building RPM for my locale (firefox and thunderbird in french). I think this could be useful for all the fedora users, but the english one :-) To do this a use '-install-global-extension' but this options requires - a profile - X running So my "working RPM" can't be used during installation process. There is a patch in CVS call "nox-patch" usefull for this (already include in some other distro). The '-uninstall-global-extension' will be very useful too (already in CVS). The "pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true);" More informations in "Moz bug #265859" (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265859)
This is solved as for Fedora Core 5 by installing the appropiated language pack.