On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:

[...]

> > It relies on an external library, so that won't be a good thing. gettext 
> > is not available for every platform, and we are not going to bundle it.
> 
> I agree. Bundling everything is not good.

Bundling anything is not good :)

> We cannot rely on module like gettext to write I18N web site, since
> most installations do not support gettext. (DBA also)

well, if you keep that in mind we should bundle all extensions and 
libraries. And i18n is simply not important for everybody.

> 
> If we recommend, many hosting service providers may start supporting
> it. I would like to see some kind of installation standard or 
> recommendataion for script portability. That's why I cross posted
> this to evangelism lists.

If you want to have portablity, then all ISPs should install with as much 
extensions as possible... so that isn't really feasible IMO.


Derick

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