From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6780 invoked by alias); 17 Jun 2014 16:54:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-locales-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-locales-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 6757 invoked by uid 89); 17 Jun 2014 16:54:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_RP_RNBL,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: rap.rap.dk Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:54:00 -0000 From: Keld Simonsen To: fweimer at redhat dot com Cc: libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt Message-ID: <20140617165418.GA481@rap.rap.dk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2014-q2/txt/msg00172.txt.bz2 On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 07:48:21AM +0000, fweimer at redhat dot com wrote: > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641 > > --- Comment #15 from Florian Weimer --- > (In reply to Philip Withnall from comment #14) > > (In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #13) > > > Closing per previous discussion. > > > > As per comments #5 and #6, I think the proper solution is to deprecate > > name_fmt, since it seems to be fundamentally incorrect to have it in libc, > > and keeping it un-deprecated just encourages people to use it incorrectly or > > unsuccessfully. > > Fair enough. That would extend to LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, I > suppose. What about LC_MEASUREMENT and LC_IDENTIFICATION? > > Related identifiers include _NL_NAME_*, _NL_ADDRESS_*, _NL_TELEPHONE_*, plus > the _NL_NUM_* identifiers. Anything else? Hmm, what is the reason for this? Name layout and the other issues are cultural conventions that should be adaptable in software. Best regards Keld