Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion to stop using 'cjk' USE flag.

[Mamoru KOMACHI]

At 04 Jul 2003 11:01:06 +0100,
Alastair Tse wrote:

> 1. What is the difference between m17n (multilingualisation) and i18n
> (internationalisation)? Maybe we should use i18n instead of m17n since
> it seems more widely used, especially if it means the same thing.

m17n and i18n does not mean the same thing. m17n software handles
multiple languages and i18n software provides multiple language
interfaces. For example, m17n software could provide only English menu
and help but you can use several languages on it, while i18n software
might offer you Japanese menu and help even though it's not capable to
use multiple languages other than English.

> 2. If it is only chinese, japanese and korean, maybe we should just use
> zh, ja, kr as the USE flags. We have /usr/portage/use.desc to give it
> the right description. Is there a reason to have the "lang_" prefix in
> the USE flag?

I have the same opinion ;-)

> I agree with Nakano that the cjk/zh/ja/kr use flags should not be
> confused with the LANGS discussion about selectively installing
> translations (.po/.mo). This concerns mainly with patches and configure
> options to specifically support XIM and double-byte characters.

Absolutely. In my case, I don't use any translations (which are
configured by LANG variable) but m17n support. 

> My vote would be to _keep_ the "cjk" flag for instances where a patch or
> particular configure option would benefit all double-byte character
> users and then add the "zh", "ja" and "kr" USE flags as additional ones
> where a particular patch/configure option is specific to only one
> locale.

Agreed.

Regards,

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