[postgis-users] i18n

[Devrim GUNDUZ]

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Hi,

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> - Should I worry that we are losing international users because of our 
> generally English-only web site (occasional submitted translations 
> notwithstanding?)

I don't think so. English is a common language between people.

> - Would a more open web site, with translation support, actually be 
> maintained regularly, or would I risk creating a multi-lingual ghetto, where 
> only the English site is up to date, and the rest are in various stages of 
> disrepair?

Translation web site is a huge work and is hard to maintain in the future. 
That's what I experienced in various Open Source Projects.

> - At a code level, should we consider applying i18n to PostGIS itself? The 
> number of strings/errors we produce is low, and PgSQL handles most of the 
> core language issues, but should we try and be complete?

I'll second this. Totally agreed.

Regards,

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Devrim GUNDUZ
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