[Bug localedata/14684] New: Support ISO-3166 completely.

[Bug localedata/14684] New: Support ISO-3166 completely.

[linuxmaster at verizon dot net]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684

             Bug #: 14684
           Summary: Support ISO-3166 completely.
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: linuxmaster@verizon.net
                CC: libc-locales@sources.redhat.com
    Classification: Unclassified


Libc only partially complies with ISO-3166 by supporting only assigned and some
reserved two letter codes.

There is no support for user-assigned, unassigned and other codes.

Libc should support all codes defined in ISO-3166, regardless of whether they
are assigned or not.

The codes currently defined by ISO-3166 are:

All assigned codes,
All unassigned codes,
All reserved codes
and 
All user assigned codes.

Please find all defined codes by ISO 3166 at:
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm


Libc should also allow user to dynamically change language, monetary, address,
etc. locale information for lets say "QQ" country code without have the need to
add a new country to the system.

This way, every distribution will have localedata for all countries, the ones
that exist now and the ones that will exist in the future.

For the countries that seize to exist, split or merge with other ones, we
wouldn't have to create a new locale (or delete) for them in the Libc since
Libc would have the whole table of ISO-3166 codes already in it. By whole table
I mean assigned, unassigned and reserved codes.

Libc will be less dependent on the political status of each code, don't have to
add/remove code for every political change, and will increase compatibility of
programs across political changes - the country codes will always be there.


Thanks,
//Agron

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[Bug localedata/14684] Support ISO-3166 completely.

[csolisr at riseup dot net]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684

--- Comment #1 from csolisr at riseup dot net 2012-10-08 17:04:14 UTC ---
>
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684
>
>              Bug #: 14684
>            Summary: Support ISO-3166 completely.
>            Product: glibc
>            Version: unspecified
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: localedata
>         AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
>         ReportedBy: linuxmaster@verizon.net
>                 CC: libc-locales@sources.redhat.com
>     Classification: Unclassified
>
>
> Libc only partially complies with ISO-3166 by supporting only assigned and
> some
> reserved two letter codes.
>
> There is no support for user-assigned, unassigned and other codes.
>
> Libc should support all codes defined in ISO-3166, regardless of whether
> they
> are assigned or not.
>
> The codes currently defined by ISO-3166 are:
>
> All assigned codes,
> All unassigned codes,
> All reserved codes
> and
> All user assigned codes.
>
> Please find all defined codes by ISO 3166 at:
> http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm
>
>
> Libc should also allow user to dynamically change language, monetary,
> address,
> etc. locale information for lets say "QQ" country code without have the
> need to
> add a new country to the system.
>
> This way, every distribution will have localedata for all countries, the
> ones
> that exist now and the ones that will exist in the future.
>
> For the countries that seize to exist, split or merge with other ones, we
> wouldn't have to create a new locale (or delete) for them in the Libc
> since
> Libc would have the whole table of ISO-3166 codes already in it. By whole
> table
> I mean assigned, unassigned and reserved codes.
>
> Libc will be less dependent on the political status of each code, don't
> have to
> add/remove code for every political change, and will increase
> compatibility of
> programs across political changes - the country codes will always be
> there.
>
>
> Thanks,
> //Agron
>
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Now that we're in that: is it possible to completely support at least the
section 1 of ISO 639? That would cover many of the languages that are
missing from libc, unless said languages required more effort than just
adding their respective code.

http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/language_codes.htm

- Carlos Solís

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[Bug localedata/14684] Support ISO-3166 completely.

[cjlhomeaddress at gmail dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684

Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail dot com> ---
Carlos, please open a new ticket if you have a different bug to report.  If you
have a glibc locale file developed for each of the language codes in ISO-639-1
then by all means submit them.

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[Bug localedata/14684] Support ISO-3166 completely.

[fweimer at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684

Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:

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              Flags|                            |security-

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[Bug localedata/14684] Support ISO-3166 completely.

[bluebat at member dot fsf.org]

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Wei-Lun Chao <bluebat at member dot fsf.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Wei-Lun Chao <bluebat at member dot fsf.org> ---
Found some discussions:
http://blogs.koreanclass101.com/blog/2008/08/06/whats-the-difference-between-%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4-and-%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EB%A7%90/
http://www.koreanclass101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2402

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[Bug localedata/14684] Support ISO-3166 completely.

[bluebat at member dot fsf.org]

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--- Comment #4 from Wei-Lun Chao <bluebat at member dot fsf.org> ---
(In reply to Wei-Lun Chao from comment #3)
> Found some discussions:
> http://blogs.koreanclass101.com/blog/2008/08/06/whats-the-difference-between-
> %ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4-and-%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EB%A7%90/
> http://www.koreanclass101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2402

Sorry, misposted! please ignore :)

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[Bug localedata/14684] localedef: support ISO-3166 (territory) completely (including user assigned codes)

[vapier at gentoo dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14684

Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org> changed:

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            Summary|Support ISO-3166            |localedef: support ISO-3166
                   |completely.                 |(territory) completely
                   |                            |(including user assigned
                   |                            |codes)

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