Re: fribidi & arabic shaping

[Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org>]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 04:59:45PM -0800, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> 
> They will include Fribidi whether it has Arabic or not and so why not
> piggy-back it on - I fail to see how there are any negative connotations
> to this.

<shrug>.. I wouldn't _fight_ against it ;) I simply don't think it's the
best idea in the world. IOW, I will observe the discussions w/ Fribidi
people and remain an observer ;)

> I thought we were after arabizing linux as apposed to internationalizing
> it.  Are we doing the Arabic World a disservice by not asking for (and
> even heavily lobbying for) its inclusion ?

Yes we are Arabizing, but instead of being a lang-centric project, one
would ideally consider the rest of the world as they do things. It's the
'i18n' way ;) 

> The way I look at it, the more options and the more arabic inclusion
> in everything - the better.
> 

Sure.. but just keep in mind, that too many options can backfire. 

later
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