From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31241 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2014 21:07:00 -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 31223 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jun 2014 21:06:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_DYNAMIC,RCVD_IN_RP_RNBL,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: rap.rap.dk Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:07:00 -0000 From: Keld Simonsen To: keld at keldix dot com Cc: libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt Message-ID: <20140623210656.GA13039@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/msg00200.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 01:02:24PM +0000, keld at keldix dot com wrote: > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641 > > --- Comment #25 from keld at keldix dot com --- > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 07:44:34AM +0000, fweimer at redhat dot com wrote: > > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641 > > > > --- Comment #24 from Florian Weimer --- > > (In reply to keld@keldix.com from comment #21) > > > I think all of these examples can be covered with the existing LC_NAME spec. > > > And they were all known at the time of specification. > > > > I think the discrimination of married vs unmarried women in name formatting is > > now considered obsolete and perhaps even slightly offensive. > > Then you can make them the same (Ms). One could actually introduce a new keyword for women unmarried+married. This is a convention found in many cultures. Best regards keld