Bug 460548 - Language setting is overridden by Formats:Region setting
Summary: Language setting is overridden by Formats:Region setting
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_formats (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.6
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-10-16 16:13 UTC by Reuben
Modified: 2022-10-17 20:39 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 5.26
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2022-10-16 16:13 UTC, Reuben
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settings (236.31 KB, image/png)
2022-10-16 16:13 UTC, Reuben
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settings (67.50 KB, image/png)
2022-10-16 16:14 UTC, Reuben
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Description Reuben 2022-10-16 16:13:28 UTC
Created attachment 152903 [details]
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SUMMARY

Under Regional Settings, there is a) Language and b) Formats.

Language should control...language. However, language is controlled by Formats: Region.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set Format: Region to es_CR (Costa Rica)
2. Set Language to: American English
3. Restart your session
4. Result: the KDE UI is localized to Spanish, despite the Language setting having been specified as English

Please remember: Region is not equivalent to Language. 

OBSERVED RESULT

Setting Language to English is ignored if Region has a different "default" language.

EXPECTED RESULT

Language should be independently settable from Region.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 22.04
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

$LANG gets set to es_CR in this case. If LANG is supposed to represent language, shouldn't it track...Language?

Screenshots showing issue attached.
Comment 1 Reuben 2022-10-16 16:13:52 UTC
Created attachment 152904 [details]
settings
Comment 2 Reuben 2022-10-16 16:14:48 UTC
Created attachment 152905 [details]
settings
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2022-10-17 20:39:49 UTC
This very confusing UI has been fixed in Plasma 5.25, where both pages were combined into one and their settings play well together. Such a huge change is not backportable to 5.24, I'm afraid.