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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Do not touch l10n files
From:       Javier =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez-Sanguino_Pe=F1a?= <jfs () computer ! org>
Date:       2003-05-18 20:39:21
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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2003 17:10:29 +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
> <jfs@computer.org> wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any possibility to prevent
> >> translation work from being done on my packages.
> >
> >Unfortunately, there is a large population of the world that does not 
> >understand english at all, but only their native language.
> 
> Highly technical packages like zebra, netfilter-related stuff and
> linux-atm are most likely to be used by people who know English. Not
> speaking English will make running routers and/or internet security
> systems almost impossible anyway.
(...)

You would be surprised.... in any case, if speaking English would be a 
prerequisite for running routers then the Internet would not be as it is 
today.

Regards

Javi

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