Hi Shane, I agree simply copying region specific variants to generic ones is a bad idea.
The request to serve pt-PT content to pt users came from our pt-PT community. Adding Cláudio. Before we proceed, it would be valuable if we could get data on how many pt visitors we get in comparison to pt-PT and pt-BR. -Matjaž On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Richard Newman <[email protected]> wrote: > That list is from > > intl/locale/language.properties > > where we've hard-coded which locales we'll expose for Accept-Language > headers. This is one of the differences between in-product locale and the > web, alas. > > The default Accept-Language header will also differ between Gecko/desktop > and each mobile platform. > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Shane Tomlinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Firefox desktop is built for hi-IN, pt-PT, pt-BR. You can grab >> single-locale builds for those locales: >> >> If I open about:preferences#content, I can only add `hi` or `pt` under >> languages. I see neither hi-IN nor pt-PT. >> >> Perhaps that's an issue with the en-US build, obviously a discrepancy >> exists somewhere. >> >> Shane >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Richard Newman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Firefox supports neither hi_IN nor pt_PT, only hi and pt. >>>> >>> >>> I'm not sure this is a true statement. >>> >>> Firefox desktop is built for hi-IN, pt-PT, pt-BR. You can grab >>> single-locale builds for those locales: >>> >>> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/42.0b9/mac/ >>> >>> The Accept-Language header that the pt-BR build sends will perhaps (I >>> haven't checked) be something like >>> >>> pt-BR,pt,en-US >>> >>> Firefox for Android is very likely to send the OS locale as part of >>> that, as well as being naturally multilocale. You can try it out with the >>> app's built-in locale switcher. >>> >>> Firefox for iOS is a different matter entirely, and the Accept-Language >>> header will be based on both locale and region as defined by iOS. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> John Morrison is concerned that copying from a region specific variant >>>> to the generic variant is bad practice and is gently nudging us to do >>>> better. >>>> >>> >>> … but that's true :) >>> >>> >> >
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