Re: [RP] Kvällens patchfiler

[twb]

Quoth Martin Samuelsson <address@hidden> on or about Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:53:24 
+0100:
> On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 05:26:16PM +1100, twb wrote:
> > Does anyone (apart from yourself) actually CARE how RP spells colo[u]r?
> 
> Actually, it was quite nice having rp speaking Swedish, but I see your
> point. (:
> 
> Compile time language switching is easy enough and could happen this week.
> 
> > Is it worth the extra bloat to personalize a few error messages?  I
> > figured anyone WANTING to use RP would probably have sufficient English
> > competency.
> 
> It's about english being an inferior language.

No kidding.  I particularly appreciate the consistency of Spanish verb
conjugation.  OTOH, english fits into 7 bits, and it's more culturally
entrenched than Redmond (remember trying to sell the [*] alternative to
the CIO?).

[*]: Insert open system of your choice.

> > If it's merely a question of æsthetics, then by all means. Just that
> > given ratpoison's Spartan design principles, we should only include what
> > we really NEED in the core.
> 
> Will this discussion go towards ripping out the message bar now again?

I think I should clarify.  By `need', I mean `>=80% of RP users would
use it every day'.

I can dimly see RP turning into a Chimeral monster like ion(-wm), which
needs a bit of a run-up to get working.  The fundamentally important
modules are mixed up with wmaker docks.  I believe the best way to avoid
this is to

a) Be very careful about what we put in; and
b) When we add something, do it thorougly.

These are the fundamental reasons that apt/dpkg beats rpmfind/rpm (IMO).

-trent
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