Re: i18n problem in GDM

["Ross Golder" <ross golder org>]

> Hi George.
>
> I've noticed a problem wrt i18n in GDM lately. The function
> gdm_get_last_info() uses last(1) to get the date and time of the last
> login for the user and just strips off some stuff and presents the date
> and time in raw format when entering the username. This makes it
> impossible to do any kind of sane localisation of this string. Did this
> feature get added recently? I think we should default this setting to
> off until we can get it localized properly at the very least. Maybe it's
> possible to set it based on locale? If running in C or en_* use it, if
> not hide it?
>

I'd second that. Nice gimmick, but apart from being i18n'ly broken, it
also slows down the login process noticably and unnecessarily. Probably
best defaulted off ;)

Regards,

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Ross