Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> writes: > However, I'm a little reluctant to change back. > Let's wait a day or two, in case Paul Eggert has an objection.
Here are some objections to the change, under the assumption that we're in a poorly-configured environment (as the behavior is unaffected in well-configured ones): * The change will cause column-alignment problems in non-English locales where %b generates different numbers of columns for different months. * There are more users in non-English locales than in non-"C" English locales, and the harm in the non-English case (incomprehensible dates) is much greater than the harm in the English case (comprehensible but ugly dates). * The existing code is better for the poorly-configured case where only one of the two translations is missing. Unless I'm missing something, I'd leave it alone, as it sounds like the change will cause more trouble than it'll cure.
