From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Og3GW-0006tY-V0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:13:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA354E0990; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-vbr19.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr19.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.39]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D69EE0944 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 22:13:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from epia.jer-c2.orkz.net (atwork-106.r-212.178.112.atwork.nl [212.178.112.106]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr19.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o72MDfcv023121 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:13:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jer@gentoo.org) Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:13:40 +0200 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Locale check in python_pkg_setup() Message-ID: <20100803001340.40663be9@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: <201008022319.00534.Arfrever@gentoo.org> References: <201007300116.43653.Arfrever@gentoo.org> <201008022319.00534.Arfrever@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Archives-Salt: c612156a-52d8-424f-9590-62d0382a6788 X-Archives-Hash: 32837c26e4450cb6e3c1573aae09c394 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 23:18:59 +0200 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > + ewarn "exceptions. It is recommended to use a UTF-8 > locale to avoid problems." > + ewarn "See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml > for information on how to change locale." In fact the documentation you point to positively encourages users/admins to set up locales and explains how to do it system-wide, and in no place does it warn against any adverse effects of doing so. So you can't even point to that documentation in defence of this "milder warning". jer