Bug 17692 - Wrong currency_symbol for da_DK
Summary: Wrong currency_symbol for da_DK
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: localedata (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2014-12-09 20:19 UTC by Christian Schmidt
Modified: 2015-05-07 06:29 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Change "kr" to "kr." (386 bytes, patch)
2014-12-09 20:20 UTC, Christian Schmidt
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Description Christian Schmidt 2014-12-09 20:19:28 UTC
The currency_symbol for da_DK should be changed from "kr" to "kr." (i.e. with a trailing period).

"kr." is the official spelling[1,2] according to Retskrivningsordbogen[3] published by the Danish Language Council (Dansk Sprognævn) that is the official regulatory body of the Danish language.

"kr" is sometimes used informally, but I believe "kr." is much more widespread. To get an impression, see e.g. [4].


AFAICT "kr" is the preferred spelling in Norway[5] and Sweden[6]. Perhaps this is how "kr" made its way into da_DK also (it has been unchanged since da_DK was added to Git/CVS in 1997).


I raised this issue to the contact person for da_DK, Keld Simonsen, in January 2014. He responded that he would look into it, but so far I have not received any feedback.


[1] http://sproget.dk/lookup?SearchableText=kr
[2] http://sproget.dk/raad-og-regler/retskrivningsregler/retskrivningsregler/a7-40-60/a7-41-43-punktum/a7-42-forkortelsespunktum/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retskrivningsordbogen
[4] https://www.google.dk/search?q=priser+kr+site:dk
[5] http://www.korrekturavdelingen.no/K4Forkortelser.htm
[6] http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/13/15/83/7be35768.pdf#page=55
Comment 1 Christian Schmidt 2014-12-09 20:20:51 UTC
Created attachment 8002 [details]
Change "kr" to "kr."
Comment 2 keld@keldix.com 2014-12-09 23:06:05 UTC
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 08:19:28PM +0000, glibc at chsc dot dk wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17692
> 
>             Bug ID: 17692
>            Summary: Wrong currency_symbol for da_DK
>            Product: glibc
>            Version: unspecified
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: localedata
>           Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
>           Reporter: glibc at chsc dot dk
>                 CC: libc-locales at sourceware dot org
> 
> The currency_symbol for da_DK should be changed from "kr" to "kr." (i.e. with a
> trailing period).
> 
> "kr." is the official spelling[1,2] according to Retskrivningsordbogen[3]
> published by the Danish Language Council (Dansk Sprognævn) that is the official
> regulatory body of the Danish language.
> 
> "kr" is sometimes used informally, but I believe "kr." is much more widespread.
> To get an impression, see e.g. [4].
> 
> 
> AFAICT "kr" is the preferred spelling in Norway[5] and Sweden[6]. Perhaps this
> is how "kr" made its way into da_DK also (it has been unchanged since da_DK was
> added to Git/CVS in 1997).
> 
> 
> I raised this issue to the contact person for da_DK, Keld Simonsen, in January
> 2014. He responded that he would look into it, but so far I have not received
> any feedback.
> 
> 
> [1] http://sproget.dk/lookup?SearchableText=kr
> [2]
> http://sproget.dk/raad-og-regler/retskrivningsregler/retskrivningsregler/a7-40-60/a7-41-43-punktum/a7-42-forkortelsespunktum/
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retskrivningsordbogen
> [4] https://www.google.dk/search?q=priser+kr+site:dk
> [5] http://www.korrekturavdelingen.no/K4Forkortelser.htm
> [6] http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/13/15/83/7be35768.pdf#page=55

I cheked it once more and I can verify that it is both the official  rule and
also widespread current practice.

Keld
Comment 3 Christian Schmidt 2015-02-09 21:47:51 UTC
Hi Siddhesh,
I saw you committed some other locale changes. Will you take a look at this?
Thanks,
Comment 4 Siddhesh Poyarekar 2015-02-16 15:39:13 UTC
Please post the patch on libc-alpha mailing list after reviewing the contribution checklist[1] and I'll review.

[1] http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist#Contribution_Guidelines
Comment 5 Christian Schmidt 2015-04-11 17:55:12 UTC
(In reply to Siddhesh Poyarekar from comment #4)
> Please post the patch on libc-alpha mailing list after reviewing the
> contribution checklist[1] and I'll review.

This is a locale change, so I suppose the libc-locale is the right mailing list to use?

I have sent this mail to the mailing list:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-locales/2015-q1/msg00035.html
Comment 6 Chris Leonard 2015-04-13 13:41:48 UTC
No, you should post it to libc-alpha.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:55 PM, glibc at chsc dot dk
<sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org> wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17692
>
> --- Comment #5 from Christian Schmidt <glibc at chsc dot dk> ---
> (In reply to Siddhesh Poyarekar from comment #4)
>> Please post the patch on libc-alpha mailing list after reviewing the
>> contribution checklist[1] and I'll review.
>
> This is a locale change, so I suppose the libc-locale is the right mailing list
> to use?
>
> I have sent this mail to the mailing list:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-locales/2015-q1/msg00035.html
>
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Comment 7 Siddhesh Poyarekar 2015-05-07 06:29:40 UTC
Fixed in master:

commit 92566b4922934676da1643bf496dc982791d54d0
Author: Christian Schmidt <glibc@chsc.dk>
Date:   Thu May 7 11:56:56 2015 +0530

    Update currency_symbol in da_DK