From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 24 14:14:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9AFE1065677; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:14:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC128FC1B; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so280618ewy.43 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UVT2onRCWBYWBniWgYj8zZ6WL4QU1T1gKOxhiu6GFk0=; b=kkDZOZWowVaIetRmS+4kt4SDa93GvCdrP455zoz+Hvh8RqftdgOGwv2+bQypRubC/c CQ/VaFFJe5m47UHObUAj6t/eExwwDGGImT+Pm7WxTDHqcLYLdpSOQV55A/xr7r0RhE0K DuJXp2lgXMZKc1FLL1TMJKEBMYkYFdqFENSas= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Uhi54haIYdwLATkuS/N0KZHbX/U6B8kHRboFLfbNZWlmfeR+h/l+qw/a7myyOG0hY+ oANtuP7ctW7VzDzsS4cFPkcgxpLGDuamUNgFRT+j2Z0yjLxtYjiHx17LUulu2tN/LS5w 8Rfz4sR1syPilPo7TS966H/eEl16F1d/91kio= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.54.194 with SMTP id i44mr410352wec.93.1245852853138; Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200906240959.16325.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> References: <200906181114.43935.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <20090623203608.GB15815@comcast.net> <20090623213516.GQ64856@carrick.bishnet.net> <200906240959.16325.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:13:53 +0100 Message-ID: To: Thomas Abthorpe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:14:16 -0000 2009/6/24 Thomas Abthorpe : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On June 23, 2009 05:35:16 pm Tim Bishop wrote: >> > If i18n is too cryptic or too alphanumeric, and internationalization is >> > too long, why not go with "nls"? >> >> How about internationalisation? ;-) >> >> Tim. > > As a Canadian who prefers en_GB, I fought every urge to propose that one. > Since FreeBSD has en_US as its base language, I felt compelled to use zed in > of ess :> > I'm constantly involved in a fight between my 'evil' and 'good' side; I can't stand the usual US spellings as a Brit, but I always end up admitting to myself that US spellings generally: make more sense; and are essentially an improvement on a language that's horrible to understand and learn properly anyway. Though I still reserve the right to hate the inconsistent use of 'z' (why internationalize but surmise; realize but enterprise, etc etc)! You'll never hear this from me again, I promise. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?