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On 20/02/2012 00:11, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:56:40PM +0800, Ben wrote: |
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>> On 19 February 2012 23:14, Ulrich Mueller<ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>>>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Ben wrote: |
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>>>> In my opinion we should set a default environment with the following |
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>>>> values: |
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>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 |
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>>>> LC_ALL= |
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>>>> LC_COLLATE=C |
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>>> |
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>>>> This offers the best default options to the majority of users, and |
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>>>> is easy to customize for those who wish to use another locale. |
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>>> |
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>>> At least, LC_NUMERIC=C should be added to this, otherwise numbers will |
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>>> be formatted with commas as thousands separators. |
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>>> |
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>>> Also en_US.UTF-8 for LC_MEASUREMENT and LC_PAPER means imperial units |
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>>> and letter paper, which isn't optimal for users outside of the U.S. |
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>>> |
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>>> Ulrich |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> I think those users (and that includes myself) should then set LANG to |
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>> something more appropriate to their use case. |
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> According to our localization guide, there is a safe default that forces |
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> UTF-8 characters but doesn't force any language. I have the following |
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> single line in /etc/env.d/02locale: |
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> LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 |
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> |
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That looks good but perhaps it should also define LANG=POSIX, which is |
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similar to Ulrich's proposal. Something like: |
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# To configure for your region, set LANG to an appropriate locale, then |
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comment |
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# or remove LC_CTYPE. Run "locale -a" to obtain a list of available locales. |
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LANG=POSIX |
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LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 |
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I know that adding LANG=POSIX doesn't do anything in this case but I |
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have a feeling that its presence would be instructive to new users. If a |
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user is asked to configure something which isn't present, it often |
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generates questions which might otherwise be avoided. I've changed |
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"en_US.UTF-8" to "en_US.utf8" there for similar reasons. |
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Not to mention that, if one is curious and searches for "posix locale" |
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via Google, the first link is for the Open Group specification :) |
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I reckon that this, along with some basic information in the handbook, |
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would be a step in the right direction. |
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--Kerin |
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