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[David Paleino <dapal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:23:24 +0100, Torsten Werner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:53 AM, David Paleino <d.paleino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I found that this really is a Java bug.
> 
> no, not really. The page at
> <http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/locale/>
> explains:
> 
> "Depending on the default locale is not wise. In multiuser
> applications, a single default locale is usually not appropriate for
> everyone using the system. Instead your application should explicitly
> provide a preference to all locale-sensitive objects."
> 
> It is the applications responsibility to provide a preference for
> choosing the locale.

So? The LC_* and LANG* settings count nothing? Every application decides
whether to use LC_CTYPE, LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, or LC_FOO?

Given they fixed it in JDK7, as noted in the upstream bug, then yes, it seems
they call it a bug. :)

Kindly,
David

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