From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15644 invoked by alias); 25 Sep 2007 20:15:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 15591 invoked by uid 48); 25 Sep 2007 20:15:38 -0000 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:15:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20070925201538.15590.qmail@sourceware.org> From: "zbiggy at o2 dot pl" To: glibc-bugs@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <20070225103743.4098.stlman@poczta.fm> References: <20070225103743.4098.stlman@poczta.fm> Reply-To: sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug localedata/4098] pl_PL, Roman numbers as abbreviated month names X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC Mailing-List: contact glibc-bugs-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: glibc-bugs-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-09/txt/msg00136.txt.bz2 ------- Additional Comments From zbiggy at o2 dot pl 2007-09-25 20:15 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > It is a bug in the program if it assumes three letter abbreviations. I'm not > going to revert anything. If you have problems fight it out with the person who > proposed the change. But do not make a decision based on the broken program's > behavior. pl_PL-LC_TIME.patch from bug #3156 broke everything. Bad date format breaks mc and other programs, makes users nervous. Every programmer knows about: "garbage on input == garbage on output". You can not blame software for breakage when bad date is provided somewhere else. If Roman month numbering for Polish locales will not be removed from glibc we will remove it on end user level by patching glibc sources before compilation stage. Roman month numbering is present in Poland only in documents as artistic effect (together with gothic font and A.D. (Anno Domini) prefix before date). I understand some people find Roman month numbering nice looking (like gothic font) but this minority can not force their taste to whole community and break: -data processing of applications and system scripts, -National standard PN-EN 28601:2002 which is the same as ISO 8601:2004, -Date format present everywhere in paper documents. I ask glibc developers for reverting pl_PL-LC_TIME.patch from bug #3156 to restore valid date format by removing Roman month numbering. -- What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4098 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.