On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:10:35PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:40:43PM +0000, Stephen Gran wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Leo costela Antunes said: > > > Enrico Zini wrote: > > > > I'm thinking of filing bugs, but I'd like to get some feedback here > > > > first. > > > > > > While I agree it's an issue (albeit a small one), I think we shouldn't > > > file bugs for it while there's no better place to put this information. > > > It may reduce the objectiveness of some searches, but it is still > > > valuable information. > > > > At the moment, I'm inclined to agree with Enrico. I don't think it's > > all that helpful to have some small subset of all the programs actually > > translated into a given language returned in a search for that language > > string. It's both an incomplete list (since many other programs will be > > localized, but just not mention it in the package description) and also > > useless clutter when you're looking for things related to actually > > working in the language. > > I'd also tend to think that generic internationalization support ^^^^^^^ yes. > sentences are quite inappropriate into package long description. > Support leve is generally subject to frequent changes, so why > polluting descriptions with those things?
I agree. Since most of the packages understand UTF-8 these days for i12n, there is no need to mention each l10n support. (In old days, jvim was different from vim to support Japanese ... I do not know if it ever reached debian.org or stayed in debian.or.jp... though) Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]