[Bug 2130975] [NEW] ubuntu-release-upgrader ignores locale-settings, switching to the *region's* language, making it impossible to understand what sysadmin questions it's demanding answers to.

[A. Revok]

Public bug reported:

ubuntu-release-upgrader ignores locale-settings, switching to the
*region's* language, making it impossible to understand what sysadmin
questions it's demanding answers to.  en_US & en_CA, all UTF-8, but the
installer ONLY used fr_CA in its dialogs.


ps aux  |  grep -v "]"

left me with

/usr/bin/python3 -s /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-xvz9dvzh/questing
--frontend=DistUpgradeViewKDE --frontend=DistUpgradeViewKDE

as the only possible thing executing this bug.

---

The upgrader overrode the locale & language settings, not allowing me (
sysadmin of this system, for a local resident, who is primarily English,
but in a French province ) to understand what the upgrader was telling &
asking-of me.

Do NOT ever code UI to override people's language-settings, while asking
them technical-questions that they need to answer competently, please!!

Salut, Namaste, & Kaizen,

_ /\ _

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.18
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-35.35-generic 6.14.11
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Nov  9 06:09:52 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-08 (215 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241007.6)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-11-09 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade plucky third-party-packages wayland-session

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Title:
  ubuntu-release-upgrader ignores locale-settings, switching to the
  *region's* language, making it impossible to understand what sysadmin
  questions it's demanding answers to.

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

Bug description:
  ubuntu-release-upgrader ignores locale-settings, switching to the
  *region's* language, making it impossible to understand what sysadmin
  questions it's demanding answers to.  en_US & en_CA, all UTF-8, but
  the installer ONLY used fr_CA in its dialogs.

  
  ps aux  |  grep -v "]"

  left me with

  /usr/bin/python3 -s /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-xvz9dvzh/questing
  --frontend=DistUpgradeViewKDE --frontend=DistUpgradeViewKDE

  as the only possible thing executing this bug.

  ---

  The upgrader overrode the locale & language settings, not allowing me
  ( sysadmin of this system, for a local resident, who is primarily
  English, but in a French province ) to understand what the upgrader
  was telling & asking-of me.

  Do NOT ever code UI to override people's language-settings, while
  asking them technical-questions that they need to answer competently,
  please!!

  Salut, Namaste, & Kaizen,

  _ /\ _

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:25.04.18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-35.35-generic 6.14.11
  Uname: Linux 6.14.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Nov  9 06:09:52 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-08 (215 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241007.6)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-11-09 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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