Hi Tom,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/16 Tom Davies <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk">tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"><div>Hi all <br><br>I still find it odd that Ubuntu ships with a variety of different english; us, gb, aus etc which ensures that almost everyone has to install the additional language pack and then pick their own language. For me it's great because i can cut some of the bloat out by simply removing the extra languages ability although i would then have to suffer with american. <br>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>If I'm not mistaken, we ship a single language pack set for English (language-pack-en, language-pack-gnome-en, language-pack-kde-en and their -base counterparts), which contains en_GB, en_AU, en_CA, en_NZ and en_US translations.<br>
<br>I understand that there are some English-speaking communities which want to have different translations to reflect the way they speak, so I cannot see a real issue here.<br><br>Can you explain your problem in a bit more detail? Is your issue with the space the extra translations in the language pack take?<br>
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<div><br>If it was technically feasible to have just en_us, fr, perhaps spanish and maybe one or two others rather than all the different english versions we currently have then more people would have the sweet advantage that i currently enjoy.</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br>To what advantage are you referring to? What do French and Spanish have to do with the English language packs?<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"><div><br><br>There are technical reasons that would make this more complicated than is immediately obvious. A huge change requiring a lot of work for a low
priority minor issue that most people probably don't notice anyway is hardly something i can imagine people jumping on, it's just a thought about where we might want to head in a few years. <br></div></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br>We are always interested in feedback, so I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Maybe if you could specify a bit more what the problem you are experiencing is and what you are suggesting as a solution, we could start from there.<br>
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<div><br>Btw, congratulations on all the hardwork people :) Jaunty 9.04 is looking great. Also great to see a high level of commitment from an official source. It's great to see governments actively supporting gnu/linux's but even better to see one giving support to specifically Ubuntu. I think the whole world of computer users benefits from this as well as being a good way for government departs and the rest of the people of the country. Perhaps i'm being far too idealistic but developing ways out of paying licencing fees to a foreign company's profit margin has got to be a good way to help the local economy and to help resist the americanisation of the world. Diversity breeds innovation and success.<br>
<br>Thanks and regards
all<br>Good luck from<br>Tom :)<br><br></div></div><br>
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</blockquote><div><br>Thanks for your interest in Ubuntu Translations!<br><br>Regards,<br>David. <br></div></div><br>