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Re: [PATCH] localedata: en_NL: new English in the Netherlands locale [BZ #14085]
- From: Pander <pander at users dot sourceforge dot net>
- To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:46:54 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] localedata: en_NL: new English in the Netherlands locale [BZ #14085]
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On 23 April 2016 14:01:46 CEST, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>* Mike Frysinger:
>
>> Florian's point is that for most categories, you can (mostly) get
>this today:
>> export LANG=nl_NL.UTF8
>> export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF8
>> export LC_NAME=en_US.UTF8
>
>> i would contend that for the average user, they'll be using a DE that
>has
>> a GUI where there is a settings panel for them to easily select how
>they
>> want the time/date/currency/etc... to be displayed.
>
>Right, and some versions of KDE have such separated locale selectors.
>
>>> Adding this locale will not result in an explosion of additional
>>> locales, as no other languages than English are linga franca. There
>>> is also Danmark English one, I believe. If you could measure the
>>> eventual usage, this locale will be very in much in demand and usage
>>> in the Netherlands.
>>
>> with ~250 territories defined today, we're talking about ~250 for
>English
>> alone. that is kind of an explosion considering we have ~330 locales
>now
>> in glibc, and only ~20 of them are for English.
>
>My worry is that for locales such as en_NL, there is no reference what
>the ârightâ settings should be. (See my other message.)
For me, as a Dutch person and having a lot of experience with standards, I know this is the optimal and 'right' settings for en_NL. Do you know independent Dutch developers that can review it? I have been offering this via GitHub for many years with no requests for changes.