>>>>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Ben wrote: > In my opinion we should set a default environment with the following > values:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > LC_ALL= > LC_COLLATE=C > This offers the best default options to the majority of users, and > is easy to customize for those who wish to use another locale. At least, LC_NUMERIC=C should be added to this, otherwise numbers will be formatted with commas as thousands separators. Also en_US.UTF-8 for LC_MEASUREMENT and LC_PAPER means imperial units and letter paper, which isn't optimal for users outside of the U.S. Ulrich