[arch-general] System vs. user-wide locale

[Karthik K]

Changing settings on a user level always is a good idea. As long as you are
fine with System wide logs coming in English, I see no downside to this.
Why can't we have this as the default recommended approach?


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Alad Wenter <the.changing.side at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Arch Linux currently emphasises on setting the locale system-wide. If a
> non-english language is desired, it should be uncommented in
> /etc/locale.gen (besides en_US.UTF-8), and set in /etc/locale.conf.
>
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Configure_the_system
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginner%27s_guide#Locale
>
> While the Locale article mentions a user-wide setting
> (.config/locale.conf), this is more an aside for "multi-user" systems.
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Locale#Setting_per-user_locale
>
> An alternative approach is mentioned in the Funtoo FAQ:
>
> "The next thing I recommend is to try to avoid changing the global system
> LANG setting, and instead set the LANG setting on a per-user basis by
> adding the desired LANG setting to your ~/.bashrc. This will preserve
> English log output in /var/log and make it easier to search for more common
> matching English strings on the Internet when you need help."
>
>
> http://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Linux_FAQ#What_if_I_want_to_use_a_non-English_locale.2Flanguage.3F
>
> Thus /etc/locale.conf would have LANG=en_US.UTF-8, and other languages
> would be defined in ~/.bashrc (or rather ~/.config/locale.conf).
>
> This sounds like a fair argument. Are there possible downsides to this
> approach in Arch, or can/should the respective articles be updated?
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Alad Wenter <the.changing.side at gmail.com>
>