debconf script corrections

Bug #228741 reported by Joshua Swink
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
tzdata (Debian)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
tzdata (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tzdata

1) It should say "Americas" rather than "America" for the Americas region, at least for "Choices" and "Choices-en" in the template tzdata/Areas in tzdata.templates.
2) It asks "Please select the time zone corresponding to your location." But it is not displaying a list of time zones, such as "US/Pacific" or "US/Mountain". It is listing cities and geographic regions and cities. It should ask something like "Please select the city or region in your time zone."
3) tzdata.postinst prints "timezone" in a few places, but this is not a word. It should print "time zone", e.g.: "Current default time zone: "

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I forwarded this to Debian, at least points 2 and 3. 1) seems weird to me, the name of the continent is "America", not "Americas" (at least in English, as you point out, with Choices-en).

Changed in tzdata:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Joshua Swink (yathster) wrote :

I'm not sure what you mean by this. There's no continent named "America". It's an error to refer to the Americas as "America".

Changed in tzdata:
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Artur Rona (ari-tczew) wrote :

 tzdata (2009k-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Clarify some wording in postinst and debconf template. closes: #507164.
   * Re-enable U.S. time zone choices. closes: #509745.

 -- Clint Adams <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:46:22 -0400

Changed in tzdata (Debian):
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in tzdata (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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