Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Le jeu 23/10/2003 � 04:10, GOTO Masanori a �crit : >> This wishlist needs a bit consideration. >> >> (1) We store locale setting for 2 files - /etc/environment, >> /etc/default_locale. Is it good idea? > > That's why I suggest to make it temporarily. The locale setting could > also be read here by PAM. > >> (2) Why do you need to read /etc/default_locale instead of >> /etc/environment? Is it hard to parse /etc/environment so hard? > > It is not hard, but you have to be careful with the fact > /etc/environment can contain spaces. > >> (3) I guess gdm issue is the locale dialog in the login screen. Why >> can't gdm read /etc/environment file? If you mean it's easier to >> read /etc/default_locale than to parse /etc/environment, yes it >> may become one of the reason. But does this change fix the gdm >> issue? > > Basically, the gdm maintainer refuses to include code to parse > /etc/environment. While I think parsing it would be a fine solution, I > also agree with the fact having a special file for this configuration > setting would be better. > > If you have arguments that can convince Ryan to parse /etc/environment > until there is a cleaner solution, please show them. Having it not > localized correctly when it is so easy to achieve is slightly annoying - > but I fear Ryan is one of those English-speaking maintainers who don't > care about proper i18n.
Any idea of the choice made by others distros like RedHat or Mandrake to fix that problem? -- Mathieu Roy +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | General Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org/ | | Computing Homepage: http://alberich.coleumes.org/ | | Not a native english speaker: | | http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
