From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 115506 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2016 08:12:52 -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 111540 invoked by uid 55); 22 Feb 2016 08:10:49 -0000 From: "keld at keldix dot com" To: libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug localedata/14641] LC_NAME: deprecate locale category Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 08:12:00 -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: keld at keldix dot com 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/msg00182.txt.bz2 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D14641 --- Comment #38 from keld at keldix dot com --- On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 04:50:29AM +0000, vapier at gentoo dot org wrote: > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D14641 >=20 > --- Comment #37 from Mike Frysinger --- > (In reply to keld@keldix.com from comment #36) >=20 > i was looking at POSIX: > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html >=20 > ISO 30112 does not appear to be public, and i'm not about to waste $200 on > private standards. `man 5 locale` is about the only public reference i c= an > find. Well, the ISO C standard is not public either, and we do try to follow it. There at copies of working drafts of ISO 14652 and ISO 30112 available: http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC35/WG5/docs/30112d10.pdf Both specs have explicit reference to glibc, and some specific cooperation = with glibc. > i don't see this limited bit of info being useful beyond toy programs, an= d even > those are limited to specific locales. if people are serious about local= izing, > they're better off with a real library. having these fields in glibc mis= leads > them into thinking they're more useful than they actually are. better to= cut > them off sooner and drive them to fuller solutions. As I wrote, this information is what is commonly sought for eg. flights and hotels. What do you have in mind of improvements? Best regards Keld --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.