[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28197: Fallback Languages

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#28197: Fallback Languages
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 Reporter:  downstairsdev  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N           |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Comment (by grapplerulrich):

 > I can see some theoretical or political reasons why locales should be
 kept separated but from a purely practical standpoint, me having to
 provide 4+ version of spanish files where one would be enough to make most
 people happy is just ludicrous and actually prevent them from using my
 plugins in their language.

 You could just as easily rename the spanish files instead of having the
 rest of the users have to create a "es" file.

 @vanillalounge mentioned that this should be optional. We could always
 allow users to define the fallback language when defining the language
 that they need. `define ( 'WPLANG', 'es_ES', 'es_MX' )` Most people need
 to make the change in wp-config.php so they may just as well define the
 fallback languages. We can always provide a few examples in the codex that
 people can copy.

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