Developers of Sympa

[Petr Prazak <address@concealed>]

24.4.2001, Olivier Salaun wrote on subject `[sympa-dev] Language selection 
proposal':

> We previously had the following line in WWSYmpa :
>      $param->{'lang'} = $param->{'user'}{'lang'}        ## User pref
>                         || $list->{'admin'}{'lang'}     ## List pref
>                         || $ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'} ## Navigator pref
>                         || $Conf{'lang'} ;              ## Server pref

This couldn't work, because the variable looks mostly like this:
"cz,en;q=0.7,fr;q=0.3".

Moreover, the lang preference in Navigator has different language
codes than it is in Sympa, that's why i had to add the %country_map.


How about a special wwsympa.conf setting for language, meaning : take the
language setting from the env. variable, so as to steer the middle
course ?

Or, how about this:

       $param->{'lang'} = $param->{'user'}{'lang'}
               || $list->{'admin'}{'lang'}
               || $Conf{'lang'}
               || &wwslib::get_pref_lang($Conf{'default_lang'});

Than would take the configuration value and if it is not defined, it
falls down to the env. variable and than to "english" (or a defined
default language).
This would please anyone including me. :)

> Here is how I consider WWSympa and internationalisation :
>         What's most important is the server's main language ;
>         WWSympa MUST respect it.
>         It SHOULD moreover make it easy for a foreigner to see WWSYmpa
>         in his/her native language, before loggin.

D'accord.

Best regards,
 Petr Prazak