When setting the system language from language chooser: python2.5 crashed with TypeError in _()

Binary package hint: python2.5

When setting the system language on an up to date interpid install from language chooser it seems to do nothing and then displays error that python 2.5 has crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1ubuntu9
 zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu1
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.2-1ubuntu9
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
 libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu7
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/python2.5
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: python2.5-minimal 2.5.2-11.1ubuntu1
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/qt-language-selector --mode select
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=et_EE.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=et
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: []
SourcePackage: python2.5
Title: python2.5 crashed with TypeError in _()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-6-generic i686
UserGroups: