Comment 26 for bug 108057

I agree that we are discussing two separate problems here. We should split the conversation in two separate bugs.

1. It's true that we don't know what the ignorance of some Windows XP users covers, but that doesn't change the fact that it's only ignorance. We can't make decisions based on that.
I did change my layout to academic and I even did it using GCconf so it plays nicely with gnome-keyboard-applet but that's not the point.
The bug reporter is correct: the default Romanian keyboard layout does have incorrect characters (and so do the other ones that can be accessed using GUIs). When a user chooses a Romanian layout he expects it to produce correct characters. It isn't stated anywhere that the layouts work otherwise.
Regarding the law, of course it doesn't force a private person or company to write correct Romanian, but shouldn't we use it as a base for our decisions? How are we furthering the advancement of Ubuntu if it's not even readily available to users working for the state?
I totally agree with Jani and ctomer regarding Vista's market share.
This whole cedilla vs. comma issue is much bigger than just correct display. It affect language aids, search, database and many more categories of programs and I'm sure you are aware of that. It has nothing to do with the bleeding edge. Besides, Ubuntu is build for regular users, not for early adopters.

2. You say that "the SR 13392:2004 doesn't force you to
set one of the supported layouts as primary and the other one as
secondary" and I agree. But aren't the layouts in the standard called exactly "primary" and "secondary"?
Also, the law I mentioned earlier specifically recommends the use of the primary layout. Is there any good reason to disregard that recommendation?

3. The translations are a different issue that I have already raised on the Ubuntu Romanian Translators mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ro