Re: Why Hindi coming in first place when I try to install Fedora?

Hi Keld,

Thank you so much for the response.
Please let me know if I can help in any way.

I'm very much interested to implement this at least in next release of
Fedora.


Thanks,
Buvanesh.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I think the IP-based selection is a good thing for India,
> but English should be the first possibility, as English as far as I know
> is the official language in all of India. Hindi should be    choice number
> 2.
>
> If we could add more granularity to the IP-addresses that would be fine.
> For Europe we have a lot of granularity, so why not also have this data
> for India.
> This is also needed because there  are so many scipts for India, in Europe
> we only have 3: Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
>
> I am working on an ISO standard for choice of language, which would be
> nice to have input on
> and also if you are interested in implementing it.
>
> Best regards
> Keld Simonsen
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 07:52:31PM +0530, Buvanesh Kumar wrote:
> > Hi Pravin,
> >
> > Is there any way to disable IP based language selection limiting only for
> > India?
> >
> >
> > -
> > Buvanesh.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 7:37 PM, [email protected] <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 August 2017 at 18:54, Zoltan Hoppar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi
> > >>
> > >> I think I remember to something - when we have transformed the old
> > >> time-date config panel that the setup app tries to locate based on ip
> addr
> > >> what kind of region you are. The most significant one comes up, then
> you
> > >> can click immediatelly if it is alright. Mizmo can say it I think.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Right, its IP based. But issue in India is each state have different
> > > languages and presently we do not have this much granular details for
> it.
> > >
> > > -
> > > Pravin
> > >
> > >
> > >> Zoltan
> > >>
> > >> 2017-08-21 14:12 GMT+02:00 [email protected] <[email protected]
> >:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 21 August 2017 at 15:36, Buvanesh Kumar <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hi Jean,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have tried other Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian etc.
> > >>>> These distributions don't have that issue.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks for letting me know about the process.
> > >>>> I will do the same.
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> We had bugzilla [1] for this but as of now, no better solution.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>> Pravin
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133188
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Have a nice day,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Buvanesh.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Jean-Baptiste Holcroft <
> > >>>> [email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Le 20 août 2017 18:37:57 UTC+03:00, Buvanesh Kumar <
> [email protected]>
> > >>>>> a écrit :
> > >>>>> >Hello all,
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >I have noticed several times that whenever I try to install Fedora
> > >>>>> >operating system,
> > >>>>> >In language preference, by-default I see Hindi as in first place,
> not
> > >>>>> >in
> > >>>>> >English,
> > >>>>> >Why is it so?
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >Does Fedora community think that Hindi is a national language of
> > >>>>> India?
> > >>>>> >If yes, I would like to inform you, it's not [1].
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >This issue making superiority complex over language in India.
> > >>>>> >There were several incidents/ protests happened over the country
> > >>>>> >regarding
> > >>>>> >this language issue [2] [3]
> > >>>>> >I wouldn't want to feel the same in Fedora as well.
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >So I would like to request you to put English in the first place
> > >>>>> >instead of
> > >>>>> >Hindi to resolve this issue.
> > >>>>> >As most of the Indians (Especially south Indians) don't understand
> > >>>>> >Hindi.
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >Please let me know if I am wrong.
> > >>>>> >I hope my point is correct.
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >[1]
> > >>>>> >http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Hindi-not-a-national-
> > >>>>> language-Court/article16839525.ece
> > >>>>> >[2]
> > >>>>> >http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/bengaluru-metro-row-
> > >>>>> why-coercive-implementation-of-hindi-can-t-work-in-india/sto
> > >>>>> ry-npb5f3BHyT9gOnhoTzE9AP.html
> > >>>>> >[3] https://thewire.in/156390/tamil-nadu-anti-hindi-protests/
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >Note: I just requesting you to change the priority of choosing the
> > >>>>> >language.
> > >>>>> >So I kindly request you to not debate on this issue.
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >
> > >>>>> >Thanks,
> > >>>>> >Buvanesh.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Hi,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> what's the behavior with other desktop/distribution? It is unlikely
> > >>>>> Fedora has a unique way of treating with language code which are
> coming
> > >>>>> from standards.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I think you should discuss this with i18n team (mailing is:
> i18n@lists...),
> > >>>>> and prior to contact them, open a new issue in bugzilla.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> This is translation mailing list, you may find some help about how
> to
> > >>>>> translate, what to translate and announcements.
> > >>>>> The i18n handle everything related to the mechanisms to bring
> > >>>>> translation into the system (locale management, keyboard, fonts,
> Unicode,
> > >>>>> etc).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> They would probably bring you in touch with anaconda team.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Have a nice day,
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> Jean-Baptiste Holcroft
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