Re: language error at http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/install
Thanks for your email. However, I think that this is a case of "blame the
user." My language is set for English. I clicked on the links from the
top-level www.debian.org site and within two minutes I was reading a page
that was not in English.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James A. Treacy" <treacy@debian.org>
To: <sthitaprajna@mailandnews.com>
Cc: "Simson L. Garfinkel" <simsong@vineyard.net>;
<debian-doc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: language error at
http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/install
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 09:47:00AM +0530, Sthitaprajna wrote:
> > "Simson L. Garfinkel" wrote:
> > >
> > > According to your documentation on
> > >
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-installing.en.ht
> > > ml,
> > >
> > > the link: http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/i386/install
> > >
> > > Should be how to install Debian. Unfortunately, it is not in english;
the
> > > documentation implies that it shoudl be.
> >
> > How come I get a English documentation at the said address, the original
> > note by Perens and others? Or has Debian done a quick check and
> > corrected the mistake?
> >
> The first URL you went to uses the full filename to access the file
(includes
> the .en.html ending). Most of the links in the site do not contain the
> extensions, so when the browser requests a file and suggests a language,
the
> version of a file in that language can be returned (English is returned if
> nothing can be agreed upon).
>
> As I said, read http://www.debian.org/misc/cn.en.html so you can learn
> how to correct the problem.
>
> --
> James (Jay) Treacy
> treacy@debian.org
>
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