[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28577: Allow language to be chosen during initial install

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#28577: Allow language to be chosen during initial install
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  I18N            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 Replying to [comment:13 nacin]:
 > Replying to [comment:9 johnbillion]:
 > > Subsequently, will we see issues if the `WPLANG` constant is set to
 one language, but the site gets installed with another so the
 `get_option('WPLANG')` ends up being different? (Thinking of plugins that
 use `WPLANG` directly instead of `get_option('WPLANG')`.
 >
 > Plugins using should be using get_locale(). Neither of these are valid
 to use.
 Unfortunately a grep of the plugin directory shows just over 400 plugins
 using `WPLANG` in one form or another.

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