On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 11:25:16PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 23:04:49 +0100, Martin Bagge / brother wrote: > > > I found this message when doing translation updates for Swedish and > > need a hand in deciphering it. > > > > "To configure your system's locale you can run > > <command>dpkg-reconfigure locales</command>. Ensure you select an > > UTF-8 locale when you are presented with the question asking which > > locale to use as a default in the system. In addition, you should > > review your user's locale and ensure that they do not have legacy > > locales definitions in user's configuration environment." > > > > The problem is the very last sentence > > > > "In addition, you should review your user's locale and ensure that > > they do not have legacy locales definitions in user's configuration > > environment." > > > > my user's or my users locale? > > two places. > > > > I should go to _MY_ settings and make sure they are correct? > > And when done I should do what? > > Some kind of single user perspective I guess. > > > > If I read the sentence from a system administration perspective I > > think it means that I should make sure that the users of the system > > do not have legacy locale defintion in THEIR settings. > > > > I lean towards the latter of the two but need help to be able to do > > a correct translation. I've left the string fuzzy for > > sv/old-stuff.po for the time being =) > > > I think it's talking about the locales used by all your users. We > should fix that. Help from a native speaker welcome ;)
I remember this being controversial somewhere else on the mailing list. There is a general movement towards UTF-8, but users may still meed nonUTF-8 locales to be able to access legacy software and legacy data. I understood that while failing to use an up-to-date UTF-8 locale might cause your messages to be somewhat incomprehensible during the upgrade, users should still be able to use nonUTF-8 locales if they needed it for their applications. SO I'd read it as: make sure you use a UTF-8 locale when you're upgrading (I believe a patch to the release notes in in the works suggesting you upgrade locales *first*). But your users may still have to use what they have to. But better see if there are better advisors than my memory. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
