It is a very good question, probably with no answer.Why offier the choice when installing Joomla?
The language stings for Joomla are organized as following:
(a) Installation strings (under the folder \installation\language\xx-YY where xx-YY is the language code). The language strings here are used only for the installation of Joomla! They have no bearing on the availability of respective language packs (administrator and/or site). So, even if the language pack does not exist, one can install Joomla in the desired language. Of course, one has to weigh the usefulness of this approach.
(b) Language packs - As you are aware, they are installed just like extensions and are available in a separate repository as installable packs.
By default only en-GB is installed as it is native to Joomla! If one wants to install a specific language pack during the installation process, it has to be done towards the end of installation.
As you are eluding to, it would be nice to have the appropriate language pack installed (if one available) that matches the language selected for the installation.
I would suggest creating a feature request at https://issues.joomla.org/.
Statistics: Posted by imanickam — Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:48 pm