From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 26 00:51:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FEF106566C for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:51:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f209.google.com (mail-bw0-f209.google.com [209.85.218.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8270A8FC0C for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so1677715bwz.43 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:51:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wpZRfIQXyVPvgUNWEEtg+H6kDlsR3aogKOJ8auJ5QaA=; b=BfRL+gYgmoFPqelb0axunhfzyloEsBSvlGkkwju5U7KYHVb6RddoOZKQZvBQYscIFl AVZJx3jmdXOePcuGbc9KmK9VIzptmwFZLSQf8Z2dkbEX63h37P1XCTMUEU3EGs7SeXWB 9/V9UkuTWSSU8vx1M7ykKCePa93uQ2oonhJdc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R2pn1bmEw/S5FP/Itt3swESE9aPS1Ur6zRruyQTvK96vgwbLLLgltczf4T0hvwFqoC gGMGxix5ZUXrRqsEvlBEyc86Go2YWxA7OGjsnbo0eLp2qPhZy/ZyMd5KIstmn893ZLiA 92RC4EvDPvQTkPOAkgFCDCpcdlFOAxsp/XCHQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.175.140 with SMTP id n12mr266560hbf.164.1245977503406; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:51:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200906181114.43935.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <200906231506.05001.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <20090623203608.GB15815@comcast.net> <200906240956.10625.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> <4a4312cd.yWDVqdLjAXRTY5Bn%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:51:43 -0300 Message-ID: From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: utisoft@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: corky1951@comcast.net, perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, tabthorpe@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:51:45 -0000 On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/6/25 : >>> > If i18n is too cryptic or too alphanumeric, and >>> > internationalization is too long, why not go with "nls"? >>> >>> I personally think that nls is equally as cryptic as i18n or l10n. >> >> Anyone care for "intlzn"? It's short, should still tab-complete >> from "in", and it may be a bit less cryptic than nls, i18n, or l10n. > > I was thinking intl, but your suggestion's better. Guys, you have been discussing the category *name* for eight days now without reaching a consensus. This is becoming somewhat boring. Please do not reinvent the wheel. Whether you like it or not, i18n is a well established and widely accepted acronym. -- My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken.