Re: i18n boot-floppies updated
>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:
Adam> I have updated the i18n boot-floppies Potato to the newest
Adam> version -- even newer than the newest version in fact.
Adam> Anyhow, please do test that.
Great! Adam, this is a great time to ask this -- are we planning on
storing the chosen language somewhere in /etc? I ask, because glibc
2.2, with its default LANG of C, now silently drops all 8-bit
characters, making international IRC, email, and other programs very
difficult.
If we default LANG to en_US, or whatever the user has chosen during
install, then the mutt maintainer (and the GTK+ maintainer :) will get
many less bug reports saying "You're missing the Danish characters!"
or "I can't read Spanish in GTK+ programs!"
Storing the chosen language in /etc somewhere will be the first step
to getting a universal LANG being set; the default of C is no longer
good enough, especially with glibc 2.2. For what it's worth, Red Hat
has the default system language set from the very beginning, and
doesn't ever use C at all.
What do you think?
Ben
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