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* Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 by default
  @ 2012-02-19 15:14 99%         ` Ulrich Mueller
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From: Ulrich Mueller @ 2012-02-19 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw
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>>>>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Ben  wrote:

> In my opinion we should set a default environment with the following
> values:

> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_ALL=
> LC_COLLATE=C

> This offers the best default options to the majority of users, and
> is easy to customize for those who wish to use another locale.

At least, LC_NUMERIC=C should be added to this, otherwise numbers will
be formatted with commas as thousands separators.

Also en_US.UTF-8 for LC_MEASUREMENT and LC_PAPER means imperial units
and letter paper, which isn't optimal for users outside of the U.S.

Ulrich



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2012-02-15 12:22     ` Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
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