On 20/02/2012 07:47, Fabian Groffen wrote:
On 20-02-2012 03:07:33 +0000, Kerin Millar wrote:
I know that adding LANG=POSIX doesn't do anything in this case but I
have a feeling that its presence would be instructive to new users. If a
user is asked to configure something which isn't present, it often
generates questions which might otherwise be avoided. I've changed
"en_US.UTF-8" to "en_US.utf8" there for similar reasons.
I don't understand. UTF-8 is the codeset, that utf8 is recognised as
the same thing is IMO a GNUism. glibc understands "UTF-8" perfectly
fine these days, so it should preferably be used instead. (Even the
man-page, utf8(7), suggests that.)
Most users don't read man pages. The rationale was that the user can
copy-paste exactly what they see from "locale -a", which might diminish
the number of questions asked about it via mainstream support channels,
as well as simplifying the instructions in the sample comment. It was
just a thought; no big deal.
--Kerin
