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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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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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What do you think? |
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William |
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