-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What are your reasons?
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the user-setup package: > > #448328: Once local is selected then time zone choice is limited to local. > Time zone should not be limited to local selected.. > > It has been closed by Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by replying > to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: Bug#448328: Once local is selected then time zone choice is limited > to local. Time zone should not be limited to local selected.. > From: > Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:24:37 +0100 > To: > Steven Demetrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: > Steven Demetrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Sunday 28 October 2007, Steven Demetrius wrote: >> During installation of Debian, once the local is selected the time zone >> choices are limited to the local previously selected. >> >> A user/installer may be in a foreign country and are required or want to >> set the local to her/his country while setting the time zone to the >> current country. >> >> I think its best to remove this restriction and allow the user to chose >> whichever local and time zone combination they want. > > This has been discussed several times in the past and we think we have good > reasons for the current functionality and that it is correct for >99.9% of > installations. We have no intention of changing this. > > If you really need to select a different timezone than one for the country > you selected during installation, just run 'tzselect' (as root) after > rebooting into the installed system. > > Cheers, > FJP > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJMzfE5pZTZCwxmQRAjyBAJ9IYVGsYDl/DfeUF7h2FxQTrybEKQCeIYsG eS8m5mrKFZbCb1NVEENUfAM= =w69H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
