Paul Sheer writes:

> I am busy reading through this document and am wondering
> what its really for.

As I understand it, the purpose is that Linux distributions can claim
to be "Li18nux2000 1.0 compliant" after they have added a reasonable
amount of i18n and UTF-8 enabled software.

> It seems like it just explains how globalisation currently works on
> Linux. It really says nothing about how applications should behave

The specification is not far reaching, on purpose, because otherwise
no distributor could implement it within the next 12 months.

Bruno

PS: for those who haven't seen it yet, the spec is at http://www.li18nux.net/.
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