Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:39:57 GMT From: Whistler <whistler_wmz@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/140595: Replace "Country Selection" with "Country/Region Selection" Message-ID: <200911160639.nAG6dvqZ093294@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200911160650.nAG6o19f059847@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 140595 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Replace "Country Selection" with "Country/Region Selection" >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 16 06:50:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Whistler >Release: 7.2 >Organization: - >Environment: - >Description: during installation of FreeBSD, there is a list whose title says "Country Selection" but includes some places like Hong Kong or Macao, or politically disputed regions like Taiwan. It would be better to replace the title to a neutral term like "Country/Region Selection" to avoid the political issues, as 1) no one calls Hong Kong or Macao as a "country", and 2) I don't think FreeBSD is a correct place to spread some sorts of political ideas. >How-To-Repeat: boot from the installation CD. >Fix: Replace the title to "Country/Region Selection" instead of "Country Selection". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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