From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 47030 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2016 10:13:52 -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 125093 invoked by uid 48); 22 Feb 2016 09:05:35 -0000 From: "vapier at gentoo dot org" To: libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug localedata/14641] LC_NAME: deprecate locale category Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:13:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: glibc X-Bugzilla-Component: localedata X-Bugzilla-Version: unspecified X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: enhancement X-Bugzilla-Who: vapier at gentoo dot org X-Bugzilla-Status: REOPENED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: security- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2016-q1/txt/msg00184.txt.bz2 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D14641 --- Comment #39 from Mike Frysinger --- (In reply to keld@keldix.com from comment #38) the standard itself already admits defeat: The specification below should be regarded as a starting point for this problem. i doubt people writing booking systems are relying on the locale data provi= ded by glibc. instead they're using databases they found online or are provide= d by another company. i don't think this level of detail is appropriate anymore in any standards = body or C library. these processes are glacial at best. having focused libs th= at are actively developed/updated is the common process nowadays. the CLDR as= an example does two full releases a year (with point fixes and betas on top of that). by comparison, ISO 3122 has like one release every 5+ years ? --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.