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Re: [PATCH] Locales: Use CLDR matching thousands separator
* Marko Myllynen:
> Hi Florian,
>
> On 18/12/2018 11.13, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Rafal Luzynski:
>>
>>> It looks to me they are going to accept NNBSP but definitely, if they
>>> say that they want to stick with NBSP or they decide to stop working
>>> on the issue then we will have to switch to NBSP.
>>
>> To me it would suggest that we should re-evaluate CLDR as a data source.
>
> Care to elaborate a bit? Do you mean that should CLDR decide using NBSP
> then glibc should reconsider using CLDR as a data source in this
> particular case or in general? Wouldn't it be beneficial to follow CLDR
> regardless of their choice of NBSP or NNBSP?
I don't see a value in following CLDR itself, particularly if they do
not agree with what users want and what standards say.
Thanks,
Florian