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From: Robert Brive <brive@mail.dotcom.fr>
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Subject: Re: Resolution: FDP reorganisation
In-Reply-To: <199906282226.HAA01567@sakura.snipe.rim.or.jp> from Motoyuki Konno at "Jun 29, 1999 07:26:06 am"
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> Hi,
> 
> John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> wrote:
> > >>   * It's incredibly inconsistent.  Look at
> > >> 
> > >>        en_US.utf/      US English, probably
> > > 
> > > I think "en" is better.  Because English is used in many countries
> > > (U.K., Austraria, New Zealand, etc.).
> > 
> ...
> 
> Currently FreeBSD supports en_AU (Austrarian), en_CA (Canadian),
> en_GB (British), en_US (United States).  I think English version of
> FreeBSD documents commonly used in these countries...  So, I think
> en_US.utf, en_US.ISO_8859-1, or en_GB.ISO_8859-1 is not appropriate
> for the [source|install] directory name.
> 
> If FreeBSD has a plan to maintain 'British English' or 'Canadian
> English' version of documents separate from US English version,
> the name 'en_US.utf' or 'en_US.ISO_8859_1' may be suitable.
> 
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Motoyuki Konno                  mkonno@res.yamanashi-med.ac.jp   (Univ)
> ...
> 

	I can't speak for English people but to have fr_BE.ISO_8859-1,
	fr_CA.ISO_8859-1, fr_CH.ISO_8859-1 AND fr_FR.ISO_8859-1 doesn't
	hurt me.

	What could be more damageable?
	. stay with the "en", "ja", ... directories and have to change
	  later :-( ,
	. wait too long on this problem - even if it is an important one -
	  and don't go ahead on other aspects: FAQ's conversion in DocBook
	  for example.

	I think Nik's position (have a clean architecture for CVS repository
	and a more user friendly one for the installed version) is the best
	solution, today.

-- 

	Robert Brive  <brive@mail.dotcom.fr>


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