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Re: [PATCH 0/1] Arabic scripts: More fixes after the recent import from CLDR-31
- From: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:52:54 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Arabic scripts: More fixes after the recent import from CLDR-31
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- Reply-to: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
1.07.2017 03:19 Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com> wrote:
> [...]
> ar_DZ, ar_MA, ar_TN: although CLDR does not provide abbreviated
> month names I tried to follow the convention which abbreviates the
> month names to their first 3 characters and here is the result:
> month names imported and abbreviated.
OK, this idea turned out to be wrong and this makes whole patch
need a rework. Probably we should drop the abbreviated forms
in Arabic scripts unless they come from CLDR or are verified
by a native speaker.
See also the statement below:
> However, the same rule applied to ar_IQ did not work because
> produced ambiguous strings (multiple months having the same
> abbreviated name). This means that ar_IQ full and abbreviated
> month names probably do not match now and I don't know how to fix
> this problem.
Regards,
Rafal