https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437994
Tyson Tan <tyson...@tysontan.com> changed:
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--- Comment #8 from Tyson Tan <tyson...@tysontan.com> ---
(In reply to Alvin Wong from comment #7)
> Git commit 73be7ee9f0302069acce8fb6cc6b03a5d65d0f6d by Alvin Wong.
> Committed on 03/06/2021 at 05:38.
> Pushed by alvinwong into branch 'master'.
>
> Show country in language list for disambiguation
>
> M +16 -1 libs/widgetutils/xmlgui/kswitchlanguagedialog_p.cpp
>
> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/
> 73be7ee9f0302069acce8fb6cc6b03a5d65d0f6d
I would strongly disagree with the change here. A Language is a language. It
has nothing to do with "country".
Just like Simplified Chinese doesn't need a (U.S.) variant for the Chinese
Asian living in the U.S. We don't need Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico),
Spanish (Philippine) or Spanish (Basque). Nor do we need British English
(England), British English (Welsh), British English (Scotland), British English
(Ireland), British English (India).
In the commit you said American English and British English do not need this,
and I too believe we don't need this for Simplified Chinese and Traditional
Chinese - there is zero possibility for mistaking their names.
By sneaking this highly controversial and political concept into a language
list, you are bound to trigger unnecessary political drama between some regions
without any actual usability gain.
Specifically it will potentially lead to a ban of Krita in China, wasting years
of hard work from the local community, and put me, the main translator and the
splash artwork artist, in danger of public wrath, losing my job or even facing
punishment from the authority because it too will be displayed that way in the
Simplified Chinese version. This is not some fairy tale because similar
debacles happens almost every month here in the mainland, and it's only going
to get worse.
I know you can argue with that it's not technically "wrong" from some
perspectives, but for one you can't reason with politics or nationalist fever
with logic. And two why change something that has been working fine for
everyone for so many years?
I believe KDE is a community that develops free software for EVERYONE to use
EVERYWHERE. It is not its job to fiddle with politics that endangers its
ability to distribute free software in some regions. And it should not endanger
the personal safety of its volunteers who has nothing to do with the politics
they are subjected to.
Nationality is the ideology created by the politicians to divide us. KDE is an
international cooperative and it should never be divided by the same artificial
border within itself or among its users.
Therefore I implore you to revert this change.
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