I'm Tetralet, the the main Traditional Chinese translator for the debian-installer.
When testing the debian-installer daily built CD images (2004-03-27), In the second step, "Choose a country, territory or area", We found that "Taiwan" is replaced with "Taiwan, Province of China". But it is not acceptable for the Taiwan people. Taiwan is NOT, and has NEVER been a province of China, if "China" means "People's Republic of China". After some tracking, I think the iso-codes package seems to be the cause, and iso-codes is based on ISO-3166, an international standard. I think it's no use to argument about ISO-3166. It is an international standard after all... In KDE, there is a similar case: (you may visit http://www.kde.org/international/ for more details) "Our policy regarding the sites listed above is simple: If somebody goes through the trouble of creating a KDE website,then we will include it in this list. Furthermore, we will /not/ override the site creator's preference for what to call their geographical area (e.g., calling the Taiwan site "Taiwan" instead of "China")." And it is the F&Q of ISO-3166. (Please visit http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/10faq/frequently-asked-questions.html#QS03 for more details) "Since Taiwan is not a UN member it does not figure in the UN bulletin on country names. The publication /Country and region codes for statistical use/ gives the name we use in ISO 3166-1. By adhering to UN sources the ISO 3166/MA stays politically neutral." But, does UN really stay politically neutral? Must debian-installer use "iso-codes" package when choosing country, Even though it will hurt some people, like people who living in Taiwan? I think debian-installer should try to avoid political argument, Especially debian-installer is the gate to Debian GNU/Linux. And, I think that using the data form "iso-codes" package violates the "The Debian Free Software Guidelines": *No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups * So, I suggest that debian-installer should not use the data form "iso-codes" package as country code. We should try to found something else to replace the "iso-codes" package in debian-installer. Sorry for the disturbance and so many political opinions. Best Regards. Tetralet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
