Re: Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-09 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On 09 Sep 2002 09:07:47 +0200 Also, a pretty standard policy when translating things is to try not to change the meaning of the text. Huh? I only want to change the default value, how does it have an impact on the meaning of the text? Changing the default value changes the

Re: Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-09 Thread Martin Quinson
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 09:07:47AM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote: Seriously my feeling is that users are getting bored when they choose a language and provided default values do not take this information into accout (when choosing keyboard layout, mirrors, default system language, etc.).

Re: Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-09 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 09:04:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Denis Barbier wrote: Isn't English spoken in quite a lot more countries than United States? ;) Why is United States a good default value whereas France is not for French speaking people? Because the US is reasonably well

Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-08 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote: [...] France != French. Isn't French spoken in quite a lot more countries than France? For example Canada... Isn't English spoken in quite a lot more countries than United States? ;) Why is United States a good default value

Re: Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-08 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:07AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Martin Sjögren wrote: Then why is a default value provided? Seriously my feeling is that users are getting bored when they choose a language and provided default values do not take this

Re: Localized default values (was Re: [d-i] Problems with various debconf templates)

2002-09-08 Thread Joey Hess
Denis Barbier wrote: Isn't English spoken in quite a lot more countries than United States? ;) Why is United States a good default value whereas France is not for French speaking people? Because the US is reasonably well connected to everywhere and has Debian's main round-robin mirror network