[Bug 58542] amrok being installed in pointless language

[Luca Ingianni]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: amarok

I'm not sure whether to report this as an amarok bug or as a bug in the
Ubuntu packaging system, but since Amarok was the only application to
exhibit this behaviour I decided to report it here.

I installed Amarok on a fresh Ubuntu Dapper system whose primary language was set to Thai. I was surprised to see Amarok in the package list writen in Russian (I think; cyrillic alphabet anyway) but thought nothing of it.
After installation I saw that it was in fact installed in Russian, with bits of English here and there. I then realized that the Englis language support was apparently only partially installed (off the live-CD) and so I downloaded any missing packages off the Internet using the proper Ubuntu mechanisms.
Now the Russian has diminished, but not disappeared completely (for instance, the bottom three configuration menu  entries are now English, the topmost one is still in Russian). The configuration menu itself, as another example, is English most of the way, but the entry which probably means "use custom fonts" is still Russian.

I assume this can be changed with a re-install of Amarok (I will keep
the current state for a while in case it will be useful for debugging),
but why on earth did something offer me Russian in the first place? I
can only guess it comes before Thai, alphabetically. I have no
connection with Russia or its language, so no other configuration choice
of mine may have anything to do with it.

This choice is of low importance, but completely ununderstandable and
annoying to me, hence the bug report.

Have fun,
Luca

** Affects: amarok (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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amrok being installed in pointless language
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58542