At Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:18:37 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > I would like to put this version to locales package. I welcome your > > comments and patches. > > That sounds fine. I can rework the patch for you.
Thanks, I'm looking forward to your patch. > >> + UTF-8 locales are recommended. Locales using old national character sets > >> + are provided for backwards-compatibility, but should not be used unless > >> + strictly required. > > > > I don't know whether we should recommend use of UTF-8, because > > selecting localedata via locales debconf depends on user's decision. > > IMHO we have no authority to push the claim of "should not be used > > unless strictly required". > > I may have worded the text too strongly. I was simply trying to > indicate to the user that UTF-8 locales should be preferred unless > there is a good reason to use a different character set. This is > really aimed at users who don't know what the difference is, and might > no be sure what's most appropriate. If they are new users, UTF-8 is > probably the right choice for them. Agreed. We have no suggestive description in the selection of charsets, your thought helps users when they choose charset. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
