From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com [207.211.31.120]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D43B0385DC0F for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:35:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org D43B0385DC0F Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-481-enFe3xv2OFeRL-651k-4ZA-1; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 03:35:41 -0400 X-MC-Unique: enFe3xv2OFeRL-651k-4ZA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4541800469; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg2.str.redhat.com (ovpn-112-226.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.226]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFE501A8F7; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:35:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Gunnar Hjalmarsson Cc: Halena Kawal , libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: Re: linux mint References: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:35:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Gunnar Hjalmarsson's message of "Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:42:04 +0200") Message-ID: <87pn8qzlit.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-locales@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-locales mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:35:47 -0000 * Gunnar Hjalmarsson: > On 2020-07-15 22:34, Halena Kawal via Libc-locales wrote: >> My job is to translate the interface of the system from English to >> Belarussian (taraskievitsa). >> Nowadays, "Linux Mint" has "be" and "be-latin" locales, but I do not >> use any of these variations. >> Please, could You add new locale "be-tarask" to the list of >> available languages? > > Asking the same question as I did when this request was made at Ubuntu: > > I can't help wondering about the reason why you would need it. There > are already translations of Linux software into Belarusian, and the > be_BY.UTF-8 locale is present. > > Are you thinking of establishing a second Belarusian translation > variant of Linux software using the Tara=C5=A1kievica orthography? If so, > have you considered which huge undertaking that would be? Are there > enough Belarusian (Tara=C5=A1kievica) translators available for such a > project? > > Not saying it can't be done; just advising you to think twice. Note that there have been previous discussions on this topic: I don't think anything has changed since then. Thanks, Florian