From: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
To: GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>, libc-locales@sourceware.org
Subject: Removing locale timezone information
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:57:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <556F23C9.3030500@redhat.com> (raw)
Hi,
glibc allows defining timezone as part of locale information but very
few locales do it, only 6 out of almost 300 locales implement it. The
LC_TIME/timezone keyword is not in POSIX standards (but comes from ISO
TR 14652) and the comment in programs/ld-time.c seems to suggest it was
not such a good idea to begin with:
/* XXX We don't perform any tests on the timezone value since this is
simply useless, stupid $&$!@... */
I'm sure nobody wants to even think about duplicating tzdata information
in glibc locale files so I propose that, in the name of consistency, we
remove the existing timezone definitions from the shipped locale files
but leave the actual code still available (to allow any possible custom
locales defining it to be used).
Thoughts? If there are no objections, I can file a BZ and submit a patch.
The locales in question are: km_KH, lo_LA, my_MM, nan_TW@latin, th_TH,
uk_UA.
Thanks,
--
Marko Myllynen
next reply other threads:[~2015-06-03 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-03 15:57 Marko Myllynen [this message]
2015-06-03 21:33 ` keld
2015-06-05 8:28 ` Marko Myllynen
2015-08-06 21:45 ` keld
2015-08-06 21:45 ` pinskia
2015-08-06 21:46 ` keld
2015-08-07 2:33 ` Rich Felker
2015-08-07 0:45 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-09 21:12 ` keld
2015-08-07 21:49 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-09 21:12 ` keld
2015-08-09 21:12 ` Paul Eggert
[not found] ` <20150812140837.GA23436@www5.open-std.org>
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Zack Weinberg
2015-08-12 23:13 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-12 23:13 ` Allan McRae
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Allan McRae
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-12 21:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-06-03 21:33 ` Paul Eggert
2015-06-12 14:05 ` [PATCH] Remove " Marko Myllynen
2015-08-05 9:07 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:51 ` keld
2015-08-05 11:51 ` keld
2015-08-05 10:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:52 ` keld
2015-08-05 12:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 13:09 ` keld
2015-08-05 13:33 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 15:56 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-05 16:30 ` Joseph Myers
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Keld Simonsen
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Zack Weinberg
2015-08-06 21:46 ` Joseph Myers
2015-08-06 2:53 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-05 11:52 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 11:52 ` keld
2015-08-05 12:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-08-05 13:03 ` keld
2015-08-05 16:30 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-06 2:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2015-08-06 17:13 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:13 ` Paul Eggert
2015-08-06 17:22 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:14 ` pinskia
2015-08-06 17:25 ` keld
2015-08-06 17:14 ` keld
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