Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 16:49:42 +0900 From: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> To: i18n@FreeBSD.ORG, audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2CFR: locale names renaming Message-ID: <7mlmnac8a1.wl@waterblue.imgsrc.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20010602143139.A43237@nagual.pp.ru> References: <20010602040851.A34526@nagual.pp.ru> <86ofs7thvy.fsf@gradius.wdb.co.kr> <20010602143139.A43237@nagual.pp.ru>
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At Sat, 2 Jun 2001 10:31:58 +0000 (UTC),
Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> wrote:
> It is possible (via symlinks) but I don't think it is good idea, even for
> transition period. If we preserve compatibility, people never change their
> environment LANG variables, so programs which parse LANG directly will be
> in trouble since in each and every such programs we need to add both
> variants. So there is no advantage of using new scheme since old scheme
> must be coded each time too. We already have too many locale changes in
> -current to make it is already incompatible with 4.3 locale, so yet one
> incompatible change don't play role here.
Hmm, it seems you are saying funny joke. :-)
Making a transition period is usual method in our project and it works
well before now. I don't think people *never* change their LANG
environment.
We can announce this serious change via web, release note and HEADS UP
posting to mailing list.
Additionally, we can deploy this new locale name on the magazine. We
have some magazines which is specific to FreeBSD, *BSD and UNIX in
Japan. If we have enough transition period, we can write articles on
that magazines and many readers can know that news.
Changing without transition period is not acceptable at least for me.
--
Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp> // IMG SRC, Inc.
<kuriyama@FreeBSD.org> // FreeBSD Project
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