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Re: PR libc/5023: New locales for li_NL, nds_NL and nds_DE
- From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry dot com>
- To: Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth at gnu dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 20 Jun 2003 23:30:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: PR libc/5023: New locales for li_NL, nds_NL and nds_DE
- References: <E19RXSN-0006SF-00@minerva.hungry.com>
- Reply-by: Tue, 1 Jan 1801 04:37:40 +1000
Hi. did you get this email? I never saw a reply.
[Petter Reinholdtsen, 2003-06-10]
> Hello.
>
> I noticed your requrest for new locales in glibc, problem report
> libc/5023. I tried to ask you the following question using gnats, but
> suspect that you were unable to get your answer included into gnats.
>
> Did you get the following:
>
> I notice that the languages are listed in
> <URL:http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html>. That is
> good, as it is a prerequest for getting the locale included in
> glibc.
>
> To get the new locales included, it is best if you supply complete
> and working locales for the three languages. It is also important
> to supply references standards or other (semi)official documents
> verifying that the submitted locale is correct.
>
> You suggest copying the nl_NL and de_DE locales, and edit the month
> and day names. It is probably better to use the 'copy' feature of
> locale files, to avoid duplicate information. It is probably best if
> you do this, and send us three locale files. Do you need help with
> this?
>
> I copy this to the glibc developers, to let them know about the status
> of this problem.