Hi,
Does it make sense or is it already implemented? :)
It does make sense. And a part of it is already implemented (installer translation). I also thought about a similar system. It's a little bit more than 5 sentences for installer.po (de.po is about 9kB). The installer workflow could be: * "This is Drupal installation. Please select a language do continue" * If the user selects a language other than english, one of the following will happen: * If the required files are already in place (e.g. localized releases, like drupal-5.0-de.tar.gz), they are used to continue * Otherwise, the required files (both installer translation and the whole language file) are downloaded from the distribution's Project home (e.g. drupal.org) * Installation continues in the selected language * If a language other than english is selected, locale.module is activated and the translation imported and set as default That's definitely not for 5.0, though. Konstantin Käfer – http://kkaefer.com/