On ma, 2003-06-02 at 19:38, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> I think that's the best solution. There are parts of the world with more
> than one official language, and in some of those parts (such as Quebec,
> or Belgium), guessing incorrectly may be a good way to severely piss
> off a user.
Additonally,
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:16:21PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 08:29:03AM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
> > Well okay, granted ... but the locale would almost always be
> > explicitly set, and wouldn't change when eg the lat/long are
> > modified.
>
> I disagree on
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 08:29:03AM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
> Well okay, granted ... but the locale would almost always be
> explicitly set, and wouldn't change when eg the lat/long are
> modified.
I disagree on that particular point. If someone installs a Debian, and
the install programs
Well okay, granted ... but the locale would almost always be
explicitly set, and wouldn't change when eg the lat/long are modified.
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:33:12PM -0700, David Nusinow wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:16:50AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Uh, I'm not sure this is a good example. Hasn't shared/news/server
> > existed for years? Both the newsreaders I maintain use it and have done
> > so since at least May
On Sat, 31 May 2003 02:16:50 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:56:13PM -0700, David Nusinow wrote:
>> A few people were discussing the need for sharing of debconf
>> templates on #debian-devel on freenode the other day/night. The
>> example that came up at
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:16:50AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Uh, I'm not sure this is a good example. Hasn't shared/news/server
> existed for years? Both the newsreaders I maintain use it and have done
> so since at least May 2000 and December 2001 respectively. That template
> name was already
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:35:05PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
> In other words, when I move my laptop I should be able to put in the
> new lat/long and, assuming everything else is set up to default, all
> these other things should be filled in with their most probably
> values. Eg the neare
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:56:13PM -0700, David Nusinow wrote:
> A few people were discussing the need for sharing of debconf templates
> on #debian-devel on freenode the other day/night. The example that came
> up at the time was for newsreaders, and how 10 different newsreaders
> shouldn't all as
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:35:05PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote:
> Right now, this stuff is easy to get inconsistent, and each one
> requires effort to figure out. Some of them are even tricky to
> change, or even to remember.
>
> It would be nice if these would *ALL* assume default values give
Package: general
Severity: wishlist
I'm not sure where to assign this, but ... there are too many packages
in Debian that ask for your location or variants thereof, all in an
uncoordinated fashion. To whit:
time zone
latitude/longitude (wmmoonclock, wmsun, various mapping programs)
nearest IC
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