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GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:45:00 +0100,
> Roger Leigh wrote:
>> The following patch
>> reorders SUPPORTED when embedding the list in locales.config, so that
>> UTF-8 locales are listed before all other locales, which are placed at
>> the end of the list.
>
> The concept of your patch seems fine for me. I heard that
> debian-installer BoF in debconf5 decided to switch UTF-8 as default
> locale in installer. So normal users who use just debian-installer
> will move to UTF-8 in etch.
OK.
> However, I don't know it's nice idea to put all UTF-8 locales at the
> top. Actually many users have not switched to UTF-8 yet, so they want
> to select both UTF-8 and obsolete charsets at the same time. So,
> instead, I would like to change as follows:
>
> - The current order of SUPPORTED list (appeared at the first screen
> of dpkg-reconfigure locales) is for example:
>
> iw_IL ISO-8859-8
> iw_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
> ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
> ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
>
> But the new order of SUPPORTED list is for example:
>
> iw_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
> iw_IL ISO-8859-8
> ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
> ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
OK. I have no problem with that.
> - Selecting system standard locale (appeared at the second screen of
> dpkg-reconfigure locales) lists UTF-8 prior than other charmaps
> for example:
>
> iw_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
> iw_IL ISO-8859-8
> ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
> ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
>
> 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.
>> + 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.
Regards,
Roger
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