From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5402 invoked by alias); 24 Nov 2013 00:53:59 -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 7959 invoked by uid 48); 23 Nov 2013 21:15:02 -0000 From: "carlos at redhat dot com" To: libc-locales@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug localedata/16190] [PATCH] Please add the esperanto (eo) locale Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:53:00 -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: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: carlos at redhat dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2013-q4/txt/msg00131.txt.bz2 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16190 --- Comment #16 from Carlos O'Donell --- (In reply to Rich Felker from comment #15) > glibc just needs to drop the policy of having the country code be mandatory, > at least for LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE, and any other categories that have > nothing to do with countries/politics. There's no justification for someone > having to choose a country (and cultural/political conventions) that may > have nothing to do with them just to get messages in their own language. Rich, It's not that we have a policy it's just that nobody has run through the process of trying to use a locale without a country code. I don't know if it's possible and I haven't tried it. I'll make the following strong statements: * I don't think country codes should be mandatory. * Adding the first locale without a country code will require validation before we can check it in and know that it will work. * I'm happy to use eo_ZZ, just post a message to libc-alpha@ requesting consensus on this. I'll give my +1 immediately. I would like to see Keld and Petr at least comment on this idea. I'll pull them into the thread. Does that make sense? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.