Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:47:04 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Committer's guide policy on commit message contents Message-ID: <XFMail.011129084704.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011129114409.A66703@blackhelicopters.org>
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On 29-Nov-01 Michael Lucas wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 08:39:03AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: >> Yes, and we can have en_GB (or en_BR or whatever it's called) if we wish to >> have the British version as well. > > Technically correct, but we have enough trouble getting translations > and writing docs. > > It's hideous to read, but it's better than saying "Oh, that document > is only available in Great Britain English!", or asking people to > maintain multiple translations of one document. As long as each document is self-consistent that is the main thing. Given a choice in a specific document, I would lean toward US spellings for en_US. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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