Takao/Fu: I just updated our build of GDM in the gnome-2-28 branch and svn head, so that the following line is uncommented out of the /usr/share/gdm/locale.alias file delivered with SUNWgnome-display-mgr packages:
Unspecified C,POSIX I also modified the code so it displays "Unspecified" in the GUI and does not display "Latin alphabet". While "Unspecified" is perhaps not the best term, I think "Latin alphabet" is just confusing. It is configurable, so users can edit the /usr/share/gdm/locale.alias file to specify a different term if desired. I think these changes improve things, since it is useful to be able to select this choice. Obviously since this patch is not yet upstream in the GDM code, the way this works may change a bit over the next releases. Takao, any idea when this patch will go upstream? It would be really nice if it could get done by GNOME 2.30 if possible. This is a cumbersome patch to maintain. Brian >> "Unspecified" and "Latin alphabet" are not language names, either. Why >> not just use "C/POSIX"? > > My understanding is "Unspecified" means unspecified language. > As I noted above, "C/POSIX" is not a language name but a locale name. > >> I think for normal English speaking users they would be fine with >> en_US.UTF-8 and won't bother to look for "C/POSIX". "C/POSIX" only has >> meaning to those who know it -- such as developers. I think for those >> people "C/POSIX" is much straightforward than other expressions. > > However some people(not me) doesn't like to show "C/POSIX" since it's > not a language name and they think showing "C/POSIX" confuse users, > which language it indicates. > If you compare MS-Windows, it doesn't show any locale names but language > names only. > So currently it's "C/POSIX" is not a good solution because somebody > might like but others don't. > > Actually I have seen several bugs about this on the upstream bugzilla. > My suggestion "Latin alphabet" was a compromise idea for C vs > Unspecified but it's still not good. > Currently the recommendation is en_US.UTF-8 for end users and C would be > a workaround for admins/developers/testers and "Unspecified" could be > used for the purpose. > So probably we might like to suggest en_US.UTF-8 at first and if it > doesn't meet the usage, "Unspecified" would be shown as a workaround. > > If you'd like the furthermore discussions, the following bug might be good: > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592293 > > Thanks, > fujiwara > >> >> Just my two cents. >> >> Best Regards, >> Harry Fu >
