#9888 NORM 1.0-sof: measure activity doesn't work with en_SZ.UTF-8 locale

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#9888: measure activity doesn't work with en_SZ.UTF-8 locale
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           Reporter:  wad                        |       Owner:  sayamindu             
               Type:  defect                     |      Status:  reopened              
           Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  1.0-software-update   
          Component:  acoustic-measure-activity  |     Version:  1.0 Software Build 802
         Resolution:                             |    Keywords:  XO-1 measure          
        Next_action:  reproduce                  |    Verified:  0                     
Deployment_affected:                             |   Blockedby:                        
           Blocking:                             |  
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Changes (by sayamindu):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 The locale for Swaziland is not yet defined in glibc. For such locales,
 what we normally do in such cases is ship with the locale code, and then
 work with the onsite team/someone from that region to get the relevant
 locale data into glibc. We have used that approach for Kreyole, Dari and
 Pashto so far (including a generic or a  locale of a neighbor has possible
 political implications, if not anything else).

 It looks the python setlocale() code has problems - it is exiting if it
 cannot find the locale. This is probably wrong behavior, as most distros
 (other than Fedora) nowadays ship with a limited set of locales to save
 space, so you cannot guarantee a locale that is requested for will
 definitely exist in the system. GTK+ and friends just downgrade gracefully
 to , which is a much more sensible option IMHO.

 Distance definitely fails to start in en_SZ.UTF-8 locale (can be
 reproduced by setting the locale in /home/olpc/.i18n)

 Ben, it may make sense to include the line in
 http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/acoustic-measure-
 activity/tree/activity.py#n83 inside a try:catch block (under normal
 circumstances you will not need it at all)

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