fedora only for US users ?

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Nils Philippsen wrote:
> [ resending without signature due to sutpid mailing list software ]
> 
> On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 11:47, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 10:18, Cosmic Flo wrote:

>>>- mozilla is only configured for US (language for web page, interface), the 
>>>selected language at install have no importance.
>>
>>Upstream bug I guess (is Mozilla multi-language aware? I don't see any
>>message catalogs...). --> bugzilla.mozilla.org

Mozilla localization is modular and released out-of-sync (i.e. when a 
version is ready american is always done and various volunteer groups 
try to catch up). Whether that means moz rpm should be localized out of 
the box (with multiple sources) or each locale should have its own rpm 
is another interesting question. Old RedHat Netscape rpms were localised 
using Mozilla files that were probably already released out-of-sync like 
now.

The real stupid thing is moz will check translations are done for the 
exact version installed so one can not have partial translations like 
for normal apps - either its 100% done or not at all. As a result 
finding a localized moz version is an hassle (that's one big reason 
people use epy or galeon - *their* translations do not break every release)

Another point is moz themes - a selection of the best ones should be 
included in an extra rpm IMHO.

The whole moz logic of install core then click on verious menus to 
download the missing bits (locale, theme, dicts...) is very windowish 
and requires much work from rpm packagers. The current packaging is good 
for US businesses but bad for the average non-US end-user. I hope Fedora 
will improve on it.

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot