Re: Localized personal names

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le dimanche 05 avril 2009 à 12:22 -0300, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle a
écrit :
> So Djihed Afifi should start signing ChangeLogs, commit messages etc. as
 <ترجمات? And Danilo Šegan as друге стране?
> 
> That would make it very hard for me to recognize them.

Don't forget there is always the email address in good-old ASCII beside
the name, so that could help to recognize them.
Of course, if you're looking for worldwide celebrity, using Latin-based
chars might be a better plan :-P
The characters should at least be present in widely used Unicode fonts
like Dejavu.

Claude

> By the way, those names are random text. I didn't find Djihed's name in
> the Arabic script; and Danilo's name is Данило Шеган.
> 
> On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:25:30 +0200, "Wouter Bolsterlee"
> <wbolster gnome org> said:
> > 2009-04-04 klockan 17:49 skrev Petr Kovar:
> > > On a similar note, do you guys think it's a good practice to use localized
> > > translators', committers' etc. personal names, or is it better to stick with
> > > the good old ASCII? That is, considering languages with Latin-based
> > > alphabet primarily.
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Petr Kovar, or, if you like, Petr Kovář
> > 
> > I'd say you should use what YOU choose to be your name. That might
> > include
> > diacritics, or using a different script. Unicode should be used
> > everywhere.
> > I mean, come on, this is 2009. :)
> > 
> > (My name does not contain any diacritics, but if it did, I would ALWAYS
> > add
> > those and ask others to use the REAL spelling as well.)
> > 
> >     — Wouter