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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] UTF-8 locale by default
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On 08/01/12 16:18, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> 
>>
>> If it turns out that C or POSIX is the most common response, we should
>> then default the locale to en_US.UTF-8 if we really want to default to
>> a UTF-8 setting. The reason being it makes sense to have the default
>> locale set to the country of origin, which in our case is the United
>> States.
>>
> 
> Given the number of Gentoo devs (especially on the desktop side where this 
> matters most) from other parts of the world, that's not really a valid 
> argument. In particular in cases as e.g. "Paper size setting", where basically 
> US stubbornness stands against the rest of the planet.
> 

Every locale is wrong for somebody; the idea was that by taking a
survey, you could make it wrong for the least amount of people (by default).

If the majority of users use a stupid paper size, the best default is
still whatever they use regardless of any personal preferences.