Erik Steffl wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > >Erik Steffl wrote: > > > >> well, yes. but: in slovakia the name for the country is holandsko > >>(slovak spelling for holland). maybe it insults some people in > >>netherlands but that's how it is. so for me it makes perfect sense to > >>call that country holland, I didn't even knew it's called netherlands > >>until I learned english... > > > > > >The Debian installer is fully localised, this includes translations of > >all the country names in the installer, into all the languages supported > >by the installer. > > what does that have to do with the point? the point being that it's > not that easy to figure out what to call the country and it's IMO better > to leave it to some standard body instead of making statements one way > or another (e.g. for/against china/taiwan). [i.e. my point wasn't about > whether I get Holandsko if I choose slovak language]
I wrote my response to correct misperceptions in the text to which I responded. > >Please don't cause needless traffic by crossposting to debian-boot if > >you are unfamiliar with and have never used the Deban installer. > > well, I doubt the localization can kick in before user makes a choice > (for which there is a need to make a list of offered choices, i.e. list > of countries and languages, which is what we were discussing, I > believe). [of course, the choice can either be at the run time or by > choosing localized boot disks in the first place] Again you're making incorrect assumptions about how the installer works without having tried it. -- see shy jo
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