GNU bug report logs - #23812
25.0.95; Minor glitch in dired listing due to non English host language

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lele Gaifax <lele <at> metapensiero.it>

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:33:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.95

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 23812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lele Gaifax <lele <at> metapensiero.it>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 23812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23812: 25.0.95; Minor glitch in dired listing due to non
 English host language
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:48:34 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> There's been a bit of discussion over the years about that summary line
> in Dired, but I'm not sure whether anybody came to any conclusions.  I
> guess we do not want to run "ls" under the C locale?  That would make
> all the lines be in English, including the dates...

IMHO, it should be simply removed, it carries so little information,
especially nowadays.

ciao, lele.
-- 
nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivrò di quello che ho pensato ieri
real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincerò ad aver paura di chi mi copia.
lele <at> metapensiero.it  |                 -- Fortunato Depero, 1929.
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