Re: Default language for system
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote:
> I suspect such an approach can annoy users.
> 'LANG=pl' causes many softwares to output Polish messages, even if
> the console (including terminal emulator in X and so on) does not allow
> it. Only a user who is sure that the console can display Polish
> character set (ISO-8859-2, I guess) should set LANG variable.
Why? An user can set LANG=C in his own profile.
I don't understand why the Debian must be English-only distribution
by default.
Please note, this setting will be done if the administrator choise
this language in debconf dialog.
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Piotr "Dexter" Roszatycki
mailto:dexter@fnet.pl
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