Distributions can now force an installation language code

By Gábor Hojtsy on 19 April 2016

Change record status:

Published (View all published change records)

Project:

Drupal core

Introduced in branch:

8.1.x

Introduced in version:

8.1.0

Issue links:

https://www.drupal.org/node/1386394

Description:

Distributions in Drupal 8 are defined in the info.yml file for the install profile. Additionally to the distribution name and installer theme it is now possible to force the installation to a specific language code as well. Such as if you are doing an install profile for Czech with local currency, payment services, etc. included, you can also force the installation to Czech, so the user does not need to select it at all.

Specify it with the langcode key under the distribution key (in this case in czech.info.yml within the install profile):

name: Czech Drupal
type: profile
description: 'Install with targeted features for Czech users.'
core: 8.x
dependencies:
  - node
  - ....
distribution:
  name: Czech Drupal
  langcode: cz

Impacts:

Module developers

Updates Done (doc team, etc.)

Online documentation:

Not done

Theming guide:

Not done

Module developer documentation:

Not done

Examples project:

Not done

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