Bug#400719: closed by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> (Re: [pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#400719: syslog messages are localised)

[Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)]

Le mercredi 29 novembre 2006 19:20, Nico Golde a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> * Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) <gandalf at le-vert.net> [2006-11-29 10:48]:
> > Le mercredi 29 novembre 2006 02:48, Debian Bug Tracking System a écrit :
> > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> > > #400719: syslog messages are localised,
> > > which was filed against the fetchmail package.
> > >
> > > It has been closed by Nico Golde <nico at ngolde.de>.
> > >
> > > Their explanation is attached below.  If this explanation is
> > > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate
> > > message then please contact Nico Golde <nico at ngolde.de> by replying
> > > to this email.
> > >
> > > Debian bug tracking system administrator
> > > (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
> >
> > I don't think any admin wants that, fetchmail is THE ONLY DAEMON logging
> > localized strings to syslog....
>
> Why should someone want to use locale in normal user space
> but not in a daemon? That doesnt make sense to me but lets
> discuss this.
> Kind regards
> Nico

Because most of people just set the default locale to which one they use 
usually, as I do.
Another co-worker think this fetchmail behavior is really annoying too...

If you don't want to force C, could you at least provide a way to set the 
locale ?

Regards.