Bug 1224069

Summary:	Missing Language dependencies
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Kalpa	Reporter:	Martin Hansen <mh306602>
Component:	Desktop Environment	Assignee:	Shawn Dunn <sfalken>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	heitormoreira, sfalken
Version:	Current	Flags:	heitormoreira: needinfo? (sfalken)
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Description Martin Hansen 2024-05-08 20:33:07 UTC

Currently when I install Kalpa and I choose Norwegian for example, after the installation I am greeted with a system that is half Norwegian/English, even more so than normal.

This seems to be because of missing *-lang packages which you can fix by installing them through transactional-updates. 

IMHO these packages should be installed by default especially when American English is not picked in the installation process.

Comment 1 Shawn Dunn 2024-06-10 16:38:49 UTC

This is an issue that we're still looking into, as it's not an easy problem to solve.

But we're not ignoring it.

Comment 2 Heitor da Silva 2024-06-21 04:20:18 UTC

(In reply to Shawn Dunn from comment #1)
> This is an issue that we're still looking into, as it's not an easy problem
> to solve.
> 
> But we're not ignoring it.

I'm curious about why is complex to address this, if you don't mind sharing.

Comment 3 Shawn Dunn 2024-06-26 16:25:29 UTC

Partially because I'm currently in the process of reworking Kalpa to use the Tik installer, rather than YaST, as part of progressing Kalpa to a beta release state.   Fixing issues in the YaST based installer is low priority at this point.   

Additionally, Kalpa doesn't install `Recommends:` by default, which is part of how we keep the base install image so slender.   That's the mechanism through which Leap/Tumbleweed/Slowroll ensure that `-lang` packages get installed.   And at least at present, there's no way to tell zypper "Install all of the list of $X packages --no-recommends, but make sure that you install the -lang packages that are listed as Recommends:"

Comment 4 Heitor da Silva 2024-06-26 21:24:13 UTC

I have no idea about what is the Tik Installer. What type of project is it? Where can I know more about it?

Does this installer run "zypper install" in a loop of a list of packages to be installed by the installer? If so, it doesn't looks a very big deal. Some small program could automate the generation of a "lang" package list to be installed as well.

Comment 5 Shawn Dunn 2024-06-26 23:14:09 UTC

https://github.com/sysrich/tik