Re: base-config localisation
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 10:31:19PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Hello,
(...)
> My plans looks so:
>
> - boot floppies install locales [1] and other needed packages [2]. This
(...)
> dbootstrap (boot floppies installer) stores the language (choosen
> while base installation) in the temporary config and this can be read
> easily.
>
> First problem: it is a short form, ie. "ja", not the full locale
> specification. I think we need a scheme to map this name to the
> locales string which is (at least) useable for most people.
Please, if you do this have dboostrap install a system-wide
configuration file with the language as the user inputs in installation.
Somethin like /etc/system.language.
Why?
Because
a) there is not a generic mapping from languages to locales since a single
language might have more than one locale. sample: Spanish= es_AR
es_ES@euro...
b) A system-wide config file can be used by other programs to setup
information that might be localised upon installation. Sample: Apache's
default web page (in /var/www), mailing lists' messages, ftp server
welcome message... All this could be localised if we provided something
for package maintainers to check and act upon when installing templates.
This system-wide localisation should be separate from user's
localisation (through environment variables) although it can, as you say,
help when defining a fully localised installation (not just dbootstrap)
regards
Javi
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