today i learnt about fedora's attempt at a "no-flag" policy https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Maintainers_Flags_Policy … using flags for languages has always been a pet peeve of mine. the mapping has never been 1:1, and assuming it is produces a strange view of the world.
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props to apple for adding a generic "ABC" label for the latin qwerty keyboard in catalina. the localised flagged versions are still there, but i'd much rather an "A" than an american (or any other) flag.pic.twitter.com/Xl1A9VIwfZ
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Why not an English flag as it’s English language? After all,
is neither
or
(which are both bad choices - as you state). BTW: “A” isn’t perfect either.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
(the "A" keyboard isn't language specific and supports lots of different accents, so "A" is a pretty good signal it's a non-denominational Latin layout?)
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