[tor-bugs] #13721 [TorBirdy]: TorBirdy 0.1.2 uses wrong locale

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#13721: TorBirdy 0.1.2 uses wrong locale
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     Reporter:  dkaeae    |      Owner:  ioerror
         Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBirdy  |    Version:
   Resolution:            |   Keywords:  torbirdy-0.1.5
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Comment (by anonym):

 Speaking from experience with a very similar bug in Tor Launcher, that was
 fixed ~a year ago, I very much believe the issue is that in
 `chrome.manifest` there is:
 {{{
     locale castironthunderbirdclub en chrome/locale/en/
 }}}
 but this should be "en-US" for us to get (US) English as the default
 locale. The XUL localization system does treat "en-US" as the hardcoded
 default, but only if it is (exactly) present in the list of locales in
 `chrome.manifest`, otherwise it'll just pick the first one, which tends to
 be ar = Arabic. So a correct line instead of the "en" one would be:
 {{{
     locale castironthunderbirdclub en-US chrome/locale/en/
 }}}
 It may even be worth to rename `chrome/locale/en` to `chrome/locale/en-US`
 and then instead add:
 {{{
     locale castironthunderbirdclub en-US chrome/locale/en-US/
 }}}
 but then a similar renaming must be done in transifex, I guess.

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