On 08/01/12 16:18, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > >> >> If it turns out that C or POSIX is the most common response, we should >> then default the locale to en_US.UTF-8 if we really want to default to >> a UTF-8 setting. The reason being it makes sense to have the default >> locale set to the country of origin, which in our case is the United >> States. >> > > Given the number of Gentoo devs (especially on the desktop side where this > matters most) from other parts of the world, that's not really a valid > argument. In particular in cases as e.g. "Paper size setting", where > basically > US stubbornness stands against the rest of the planet. >
Every locale is wrong for somebody; the idea was that by taking a survey, you could make it wrong for the least amount of people (by default). If the majority of users use a stupid paper size, the best default is still whatever they use regardless of any personal preferences.
