[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48152: en as default language instead of en_us

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#48152: en as default language instead of en_us
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 Reporter:  colomet      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  I18N         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by getsnoopy):

 @swissspidy I'm not sure what you mean by a blog post; could you expand on
 this?

 About it being "too much work", I'm not sure I agree. The default locale
 seems to not have a locale code in many places, so it would only require
 changing the default strings that are shipped with the code. In the places
 where it is hard-coded/assumed to be `en_US`, it would need to be changed
 to `en`.

 The plan would be to create a new `en_US` locale where we would copy the
 current default strings, so any plugin or other code that depends on the
 `en_US` locale would work seamlessly, assuming the `en_US` locale is
 installed at that point. If they depend on the "default locale", that
 would translate to the new default locale seamlessly as well.

 For backwards-incompatible changes, we can have a migration plan in place
 so that people who are currently using the default locale are migrated to
 explicitly use the `en_US` locale, and we can release it in a major
 version bump (which is meant for backwards-incompatible changes).

 Regardless, I find the argument of "we made a decision a long time ago, so
 we have to keep it that way" entirely unsatisfactory and unacceptable, as
 this is seriously a huge issue. The more time that passes, the bigger and
 more important this issue becomes. Everyday, I notice this being an issue
 on more and more websites. It simply can't be ignored, and a resolution
 such as "the users/admins can pick another locale"  or "we can create
 another locale" is clearly not a solution (if it was, this wouldn't be a
 ticket in the first place).

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