On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:15:20 +0100 Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> wrote: > Quoting Paul Wise (pabs@debian.org): > > I agree with the other Australians in the thread; the east-coast > > timezones are currently all the same but might not be in the future > > so we shouldn't rely on them being the same and we should allow > > selection of Australia/Sydney vs Australia/Melbourne. > > Sure. That was an option I was considering, too. > > I'm just not fond of "Australia/Sydney" presented as a choice, I'd > rather have "New South-Wales". Is there a particular reason for this? (Perhaps consistency, guessing by the rest of your post?) > Given that the map idea is great...but just an idea which I certainly > am unable to implement, and that I have to deal with what we have > *now*, I hereby propose selecting states: > > New South-Wales No hyphen in nsw ( http://www.nsw.gov.au/ ) > Victoria > Australian Capital Territory > Queensland > Tasmania > South Australia > Northern Territory > Western Australia > Eyre Highway > Yancowinna county > Lord Howe Island That would work, but practically its not changing a great deal from the current setup. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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