[Bug 1262272] [NEW] country language is sometimes used instead of selected one

[Laure]

Public bug reported:

I clean-installed Ubuntu 13.10 in English on my computer and set my
location as "Geneva" (a Swiss city) with my keyboard as "Swiss-French".
However, certain programs default to German instead of English :
TexWorks, TexMaker but also the data+time app in my sidebar defaulted to
German.

I haven't had this issue with any of the the previous versions of
Ubuntu, including 12.04 and 12.10.

This is a common conception mistake where modern programs expect people
and countries to have one language only (hence German for Switzerland,
even though the country is multilingual) : they use the country instead
of the user settings as reference.


I've seen the issue with :
 - texworks : 0.5~svn1288-1 (installed via apt-get)
 - texmaker: 4.0.3-2 (installed via apt-get)
 - indicator-datetime: 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1 (installed with Ubuntu 13.10)


ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Wed Dec 18 16:59:21 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-12 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug indicator-datetime language saucy switzerland texmaker texworks

** Tags added: indicator-datetime texmaker texworks

** Description changed:

  I clean-installed Ubuntu 13.10 in English on my computer and set my
  location as "Geneva" (a Swiss city) with my keyboard as "Swiss-French".
  However, certain programs default to German instead of English :
  TexWorks, TexMaker but also the data+time app in my sidebar defaulted to
  German.
  
  I haven't had this issue with any of the the previous versions of
  Ubuntu, including 12.04 and 12.10.
  
  This is a common conception mistake where modern programs expect people
  and countries to have one language only (hence German for Switzerland,
  even though the country is multilingual) : they use the country instead
  of the user settings as reference.
  
  
+ I've seen the issue with :
+  - texworks : 0.5~svn1288-1 (installed via apt-get)
+  - texmaker: 4.0.3-2 (installed via apt-get)
+  - indicator-datetime: 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1 (installed with Ubuntu 13.10)
  
- I've seen the issue with : 
-  - texworks : 0.5~svn1288-1 (installed via apt-get)
-  - texmaker: 4.0.3-2 (installed via apt-get)
-  - indicator-datetime: 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1 (installed with Ubuntu 13.10)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Wed Dec 18 16:59:21 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-12 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  country language is sometimes used instead of selected one

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I clean-installed Ubuntu 13.10 in English on my computer and set my
  location as "Geneva" (a Swiss city) with my keyboard as "Swiss-
  French". However, certain programs default to German instead of
  English : TexWorks, TexMaker but also the data+time app in my sidebar
  defaulted to German.

  I haven't had this issue with any of the the previous versions of
  Ubuntu, including 12.04 and 12.10.

  This is a common conception mistake where modern programs expect
  people and countries to have one language only (hence German for
  Switzerland, even though the country is multilingual) : they use the
  country instead of the user settings as reference.

  
  I've seen the issue with :
   - texworks : 0.5~svn1288-1 (installed via apt-get)
   - texmaker: 4.0.3-2 (installed via apt-get)
   - indicator-datetime: 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1 (installed with Ubuntu 13.10)


  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.205.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Wed Dec 18 16:59:21 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-12 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: release-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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