Re: Please do not use en_US.UTF-8 outside the US

[David Starner <starner@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:32:39PM +0100, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> This leads to portable and agreeable default settings, using the
> standard values 

Paper size depends on the physical size of paper in the printer, not
anything having to do with the locale. In Debian, /etc/papersize holds
the default papersize. It seems entirely likely that an American abroad
might use en_US.UTF-8, whereas a Hindu in American might want to use
hi_IN.UTF-8, no matter what the printer sitting beside them holds.

> UNLESS you are in a locale that explicitely says that
> you are in North America. I think that's a very good implementation
> practice, but it requires that if you explain to an international
> audience how to activate UTF-8 locales, you should better use a non-US/
> CA locale. (en_GB.UTF-8 for instance seems like an excellent choice ... :)

Why? You should use a locale with appropriate settings, and any
explanation should include that point. It's certainly no better to
encourage everyone to use en_GB.UTF-8 than to use en_US.UTF-8.

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