Summary: Python.org as a multi-language portal (was: Some thoughts about Python, python.org and non-English languages)

[Terry Reedy]

"M. Müller-Oertel" <mueller-oertel at arcor.de> wrote in message
news:mailman.1045044658.8292.python-list at python.org...
> Unfortunately we do not know how much enthusiasm there is for the
> multi-language approach with the python.org webmasters, the native
language
> Python communities and the core developers. The way to go is in the
range of
> do-it-like-the-Debian-folks and
> what-we-have-now-should-be-good-enough-for-everyone.

At some point, when you have a specific proposal, you will have to
ask.

> > Perhaps even add an appropriate flag.
>
> Flags are nice to look at, but they represent nations. We shouldn't
misuse
> them to represent languages, even if everyone else does. As I
pointed out
> yesterday (local time :-) in another thread there often is a
many-to-many
> relationship between languages and nations.

Yes.  Having to click on a flag that some of my ancestors fought
against to get text I can understand is a slightly discordant
experience ;-).

Terry