Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:13:48 -0400 From: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n Message-ID: <3f6a88120906230713kf44c826x928beea65adf6c0e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0906230105w57c46fdvbcb266ed44c21507@mail.gmail.com> References: <200906181114.43935.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <4A3B3524.7090606@FreeBSD.org> <200906191020.25037.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <200906221948.31366.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <4A4030FE.1020804@FreeBSD.org> <b79ecaef0906230105w57c46fdvbcb266ed44c21507@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/6/23 Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com>: > 2009/6/23 Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>: >> Thomas Abthorpe wrote: >>> To have localization, you need internationalization, so from this, I stand by >>> my original proposal of i18n. >> >> I have no objection to your reasoning, but continue to object to the >> specific string. If you're going to go down this road then >> "internationalization" would be the better choice. >> >> Doug >> > > I would agree with Doug. We're in the days of tab-completion, and > typing 'in<TAB>' will suffice to get there. I for one *hate* numbers > in paths; it takes one's hand off the letters. Also, I had to look up > i18n to find out what it was... Categories should be immediately > descriptive. > > Also, the French have to use Shift to type numbers; it's even more of > a pain for them! > > Chris > > You have struck a chord with numbers in the path, reminds me of the pre-Xorg days with /usr/X11R6, not sure what I disliked more, the capital letters or the numbers! I hereby relent, and yield to the logic of the arguments placed before me, I now agree that using internationalization for the category name is a better idea. Thanks for your persistence folks, the feedback is appreciated :) Thomas -- Thomas Abthorpe, FreeBSD Ports Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org, http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe
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