Re: Non-English software

[Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net>]

Hi Peter,

On Sat, 19 May 2001, peter karlsson wrote:

> What's the thought about software which is only available in a
> non-English language? I am thinking about packaging a client for the
> LysKOM server, which is only available in Swedish (there's some support
> for gettext, but no-one has bother translating the program into any
> other languages yet).

We have plenty of software in Debian which is English-only, with no support
for gettext at all.  I see no reason why English should be given preferential
treatment.

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer