Paul,
I read through the links you provided. There was a cogent argument
against using flags to symbolize a language. I would accept that.
However, while I understand your argument about losing contributors,
I'm not completely convinced that using a flag chosen by country X to
represent country X is a bad idea.
Moreover, I didn't see a resolution on the question of Fedora's flag
policy. The link http://lwn.net/Articles/334519/ says the committee
voted to
* revert/suspend the policy approved the prior week
* have people look into the issues and gather data (requirements of
* various locales, number of packages affected, etc.)
* craft a policy based on further data, or decide that one is not
* required at all
This vote dates from May 2009. Do you know what was ultimately
decided?
Thanks,
-Steve
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