Bug#114057: A proposition
Hi again Eduard,
We discussed this problem on -devel-french we have a proposition.
First of all, there is no "fr_PP" problem like the british vs american
one that has been overdiscussed on -devel. On the contrary, the use of
an alias is the reason why there is no problem : french is fr_FR by
default, but other users can change it to be what they want, just by
modifying one single line in one single file.
Second, there exists an ISO norm on the use of ll_CC[@variantion].NORM
(ll=language & CC=country). And (what a piece of luck) fr_FR@foo.BAR
works for modconf.
The idea we had, that would not make much work for you and that would
satifsy all "french" (whatever it is) users is the following : simply
test wether /etc/locale.alias exists and if it does, try to replace the
value of LANG by its "real" value given in this file. If it does not
exist (which is the cas at initial installation), work with LANG's value
(whivh is fr_FR as far as I understand).
I (and many french user) would be very happy if you could do this. This
would allow us to keep using "french" as an alias and to avoid senseless
fights like the one you saw on -devel between british and american
speakers.
Sorry for this long mail : I tried to give you our point of view.
--
Nicolas SABOURET
LIMSI-CNRS, BP133, 91403 Orsay, France
http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/nico
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