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authorJames A. Treacy <treacy>1999-06-09 17:08:12 +0000
committerJames A. Treacy <treacy>1999-06-09 17:08:12 +0000
commit28896ba93bccf02cb5eb95bbc3e499e199caa5f8 (patch)
tree103236cb008d4c0b680d3a4fc40c26e50b545724
parent16fd86172592aa124285cbb393e010fb886eed15 (diff)
the section on setting the preferred language is clearer
CVS version numbers english/intro/cn.wml: 1.13 -> 1.14
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diff --git a/english/intro/cn.wml b/english/intro/cn.wml
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+++ b/english/intro/cn.wml
@@ -67,12 +67,18 @@ This tells the server that you would like the French version of the
document if available, otherwise use the English one.
<p>One thing you need to be careful of is using sub-categories of languages.
-Using 'en-GB, fr' does not do what most people who have not read the http specification
-think it should. A server that receives that for a document with a .en and .fr version
-will serve the French one. It will only serve an English document that uses .en-gb
-for the language extension. Thus, you should configure your browser to send
-'en-GB, en, fr' or simply 'en, fr' instead. It does work the other way though,
-e.g. a server can return en-us when en is requested.
+Using 'en-GB, fr', for example, does not do what most people expect (if they have
+not read the http specification).
+A server that receives a request for a document with a preferred language of
+'en-GB, fr' when both an 'en' and 'fr' version exist will serve the French one.
+It will only serve the English document before the French one if there is
+a version of the file with .en-gb for the language extension.
+Thus, you should configure your browser to send 'en-GB, en, fr' or simply 'en, fr'.
+It does work the other way though, e.g. a server can return en-us when en is requested.
+
+<p><strong>We strongly recommend that you do not add country extensions to a language
+unless you have good reason</strong>. If you do add one, make sure you also include
+the language without the extension.
<P>For more information about setting the preferred_language variable see the
<a href="http://www.apache.org/docs/content-negotiation.html">Apache

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