# Do all the locale scripts have to run on install and upgrade?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-all-the-locale-scripts-have-to-run-on-install-and-upgrade/57346>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-all-the-locale-scripts-have-to-run-on-install-and-upgrade/57346 "2017-02-14T09:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-all-the-locale-scripts-have-to-run-on-install-and-upgrade/57346/7 "2017-02-14T16:09:33Z")

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Another option is env variable that must be set for any locale other than English, so we can skip all that work unless env is set. Maybe ask user at command line if they plan to ever use any other langs.

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