Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 06:18:11 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gencat bloat [Re: /usr/src/usr.bin/ee] Message-ID: <9828.809875091@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Aug 1995 11:54:21 %2B0200." <199508310954.LAA20762@achill.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
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> FYI: Inflating the FreeBSD system with extensive use of > internationalisation thingies would be a very well reason for me and > the people around me to throw out the FreeBSD installations. Small is > beautiful. At the very least, make the stuff optional to install. 1. I didn't see you complaining about this back in 2.0.5, why now? There was all KINDS of I18N bloat in that boot floppy, so much so that I eventually ran out of room for all the docs. 2. 2.1 is taking a different (but not radically so) approach in simply making one boot floppy per language. If you want a german floppy, then you BOOT a german floppy. If you don't, then you just choose the standard english one and forget about it. I don't see the problem. 3. A lot of people do want natural language support. The whole world does not speak english, as much as we americans would sometimes like it to.. :-) Jordan
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