Because the translations of all the "main" packages (and a few others) are brought by the language packs, and also MATE users most likely use some "main" packages. He is simply supposed to have the language packs for his language installed. That's how Ubuntu including the flavors has been designed for many cycles.
Since we are close to the release of an LTS, I want to narrow the fix to only affect where it matters, i.e. the live sessions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861481 Title: language-options causes live CD sessions to be untranslated To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1861481/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs