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On 08/01/12 16:18, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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>> If it turns out that C or POSIX is the most common response, we should |
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>> then default the locale to en_US.UTF-8 if we really want to default to |
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>> a UTF-8 setting. The reason being it makes sense to have the default |
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>> locale set to the country of origin, which in our case is the United |
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>> States. |
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> Given the number of Gentoo devs (especially on the desktop side where this |
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> matters most) from other parts of the world, that's not really a valid |
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> argument. In particular in cases as e.g. "Paper size setting", where basically |
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> US stubbornness stands against the rest of the planet. |
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Every locale is wrong for somebody; the idea was that by taking a |
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survey, you could make it wrong for the least amount of people (by default). |
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If the majority of users use a stupid paper size, the best default is |
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still whatever they use regardless of any personal preferences. |
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