474762 - When using Internet Explorer default language is English, but should be German

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 258246

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Bugzilla Version 3.2, with Germzilla  Version 3.2-1


We can work around this bug on each client when changing the settings in IE:
Extras - Internet Options - General - Languages
Then we can add "German [de]" here.  Although per default there is only
"German (Austria) [de-at]"

The RFC says that if subcategories like de-at cannot be directly identified, you should take the first part of it only (which is "de").

How can i change that in our Bugzilla - The default Language should be recognized as "de" when the browser says his default is "de-at".

Thx in Advance
Franz Rosner


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Set your IE to Language "German (Austria) [de-at]" and open the Bugzilla page.
Actual Results:  
The language is English.

Expected Results:  
The language should be German.

Comment 1

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

We are behaving correctly according to the standards, which require us *not* to serve you de if you ask for de-at, strangely enough.

Comment 2

[Vitaly Fedrushkov]

Unable to confirm using Firefox 3.0.5 and QLS: both de-DE and de-AT do serve page in German.

However, QLS tends to configure generic locale (de) after de-AT in any case.

I've deleted 'de' by hand and yes, English page is served.

Comment 3

[Marc Schumann [:Wurblzap]]

It's strange, but the RFC indeed requires us to behave this way.

Comment 4

[A. Shimono [:himorin]]

This is a strange specifications, which was decided at pre-IE7 era by IE team, that they don't send two char language code. (Might be same for Safari or Opera?)

If user desire to fix this bug, administrator should make some sym-link in template directory from 'xx-xx' to 'xx'.