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48
49use strict;
50use warnings;
51
52package RT::I18N::i_default;
53use base 'RT::I18N';
54
55RT::Base->_ImportOverlays();
56
571;
58
59__END__
60
61This class just zero-derives from the project base class, which
62is English for this project.  i-default is "English at least".  It
63wouldn't be a bad idea to make our i-default messages be English
64plus, say, French -- i-default is meant to /contain/ English, not
65be /just/ English.  If you have all your English messages in
66Whatever::en and all your French messages in Whatever::fr, it
67would be straightforward to define Whatever::i_default's as a subclass
68of Whatever::en, but for every case where a key gets you a string
69(as opposed to a coderef) from %Whatever::en::Lexicon and
70%Whatever::fr::Lexicon, you could make %Whatever::i_default::Lexicon
71be the concatenation of them both.  So: "file '[_1]' not found.\n" and
72"fichier '[_1]' non trouve\n" could make for an
73%Whatever::i_default::Lexicon entry of
74"file '[_1]' not found\nfichier '[_1]' non trouve.\n".
75
76There may be entries, however, where that is undesirable.
77And in any case, it's not feasable once you have an _AUTO lexicon
78in the mix, as wo do here.
79
80
81
82RFC 2277 says:
83
844.5.  Default Language
85
86   When human-readable text must be presented in a context where the
87   sender has no knowledge of the recipient's language preferences (such
88   as login failures or E-mailed warnings, or prior to language
89   negotiation), text SHOULD be presented in Default Language.
90
91   Default Language is assigned the tag "i-default" according to the
92   procedures of RFC 1766. It is not a specific language, but rather
93   identifies the condition where the language preferences of the user
94   cannot be established.
95
96   Messages in Default Language MUST be understandable by an English-
97   speaking person, since English is the language which, worldwide, the
98   greatest number of people will be able to get adequate help in
99   interpreting when working with computers.
100
101   Note that negotiating English is NOT the same as Default Language;
102   Default Language is an emergency measure in otherwise unmanageable
103   situations.
104
105   In many cases, using only English text is reasonable; in some cases,
106   the English text may be augumented by text in other languages.
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