Bug#607138: locales: broken cyrillic in xterm with ru_UA.utf8 locale

[Julien Cristau]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 18:25:39 +0300, basilio wrote:

> 12.06.2011 18:01, Aurelien Jarno пишет:
> > reassign 607138 libx11-data,gdm
> > thanks
> >
> > Ok, I am now convince it has nothing to do with C locales, as everything
> > is correct there. It is more likely a X11 locales issue.
> >
> > I still don't understand why gdm defines "ru_UA.utf8" and why
> > libx11-data doesn't provide an alias contrary to other locales. I am
> > therefore reassigning this bug to both these packages.
> >
> As far as I can understand gdm defines locale during login process
> accordingly to the language chosen by user on the login screen. Absence
> of proper alias was the main problem I think. Thanks.
> 
I think providing an alias for other locales was a mistake, if it means
gdm thinks it's a good idea to do that kind of crap.

Cheers,
Julien