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[Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt
- From: "keld at keldix dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:07:31 +0000
- Subject: [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt
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- References: <bug-14641-131 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
--- Comment #27 from keld at keldix dot com <keld at keldix dot com> ---
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 01:02:24PM +0000, keld at keldix dot com wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
>
> --- Comment #25 from keld at keldix dot com <keld at keldix dot com> ---
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 07:44:34AM +0000, fweimer at redhat dot com wrote:
> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
> >
> > --- Comment #24 from Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> ---
> > (In reply to keld@keldix.com from comment #21)
> > > I think all of these examples can be covered with the existing LC_NAME spec.
> > > And they were all known at the time of specification.
> >
> > I think the discrimination of married vs unmarried women in name formatting is
> > now considered obsolete and perhaps even slightly offensive.
>
> Then you can make them the same (Ms).
One could actually introduce a new keyword for women unmarried+married.
This is a convention found in many cultures.
Best regards
keld
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