Re: Do not touch l10n files
Hi,
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 10:39:21PM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 May 2003 17:10:29 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
> > <jfs@computer.org> wrote:
> > >> Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any possibility to prevent
> > >> translation work from being done on my packages.
> > >
> > >Unfortunately, there is a large population of the world that does not
> > >understand english at all, but only their native language.
> >
> > Highly technical packages like zebra, netfilter-related stuff and
> > linux-atm are most likely to be used by people who know English. Not
> > speaking English will make running routers and/or internet security
> > systems almost impossible anyway.
> (...)
>
> You would be surprised.... in any case, if speaking English would be a
> prerequisite for running routers then the Internet would not be as it is
> today.
Yes, most notably the spam levels would be much more bearable.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Of course, that's also an argument /for/ translating mail server
documentation.
Cheers,
Emile.
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