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Re: [PATCH] Fix Charset comment in fi_FI, fi_FI at euro
- From: Marko Myllynen <myllynen at redhat dot com>
- To: keld at keldix dot com
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, libc-locales at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:23:31 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Charset comment in fi_FI, fi_FI at euro
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- Reply-to: myllynen at redhat dot com
Hi,
correct, no non-ISO-8859-15 characters are used in the locale itself
elsewhere.
Updated patch below, ok now? Thanks.
2013-11-26 Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
* locales/fi_FI: Fix Charset comment.
* locales/fi_FI@euro: Likewise.
diff --git a/localedata/locales/fi_FI b/localedata/locales/fi_FI
index f779964..6ea9301 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/fi_FI
+++ b/localedata/locales/fi_FI
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ comment_char %
% Date: 1996-10-15
% Application: general
% Users: general
-% Charset: ISO-8859-1
+% Charset: UTF-8, ISO-8859-15
% Distribution and use is free, also
% for commercial purposes.
%
diff --git a/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro b/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
index 76f78ee..ef7f8cd 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
+++ b/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ comment_char %
% Date: 2000-08-20
% Application: general
% Users: general
-% Charset: ISO-8859-15
+% Charset: UTF-8, ISO-8859-15
% Distribution and use is free, also
% for commercial purposes.
On 2013-11-26 20:11, keld@keldix.com wrote:
> Hi again
>
> Well, libc locales are able to sort the full ucs charset, so that is not an argument to
> exclude iso-8859-15. Finland uses Euro, so that excludes iso-8859-1.
> I do not think we have specs that specifies use of citation marks etc, which could be
> characters outside 8859-15 for Finnish.
>
> The Charset comment is meant to give charsets for which a locale would compile
> with localedef without fatal errors. It can be used to generate
> all the locale/charset combinations that a locale is valid in.
>
> Best regards
> keld
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 07:38:38PM +0200, Marko Myllynen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> ANGSTROM SIGN is specified in the standard to sort it alongside with å/Å.
>>
>> There is also a recent proposal to extend the auxiliary character set
>> (that's the closest translation I came up with, it's
>> "lisämerkkivalikoima" in Finnish in the proposal) with characters that
>> might be needed when processing texts in the Finnish context and the
>> proposal contains several non-ISO-8859-15 characters, see
>> http://www.kotoistus.fi/kannanotot_html/avoimet/lisamerkisto-2013.
>>
>> So I think it's better not to suggest using ISO-8859-15 any more.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On 2013-11-26 19:25, keld@keldix.com wrote:
>>> It is not necessary to specify UTF-8, all locales support UTF-8.
>>> The question is whether the locale can be used with iso-8859-15.
>>> More than one charset may be specified with the charset comment.
>>> If you like you could specify both UTF-8 and iso-8859-15,
>>> with utf-8 first, if that is the preference.
>>>
>>> What is ANGSTROM used for? As an alternative to Å in the sorting?
>>> And other places?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> keld
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 07:05:55PM +0200, Marko Myllynen wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> please see the patch below to fix the Charset comment in fi_FI and
>>>> fi_FI@euro. ISO-8859-1 is certainly incorrect with Euro and since SFS-EN
>>>> 13710 (which we will hopefully support later) specifies a
>>>> non-ISO-8859-15 character (ANGSTROM SIGN) it seems best to use UTF-8.
>>>>
>>>> 2013-11-26 Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
>>>>
>>>> * locales/fi_FI: Fix Charset comment.
>>>> * locales/fi_FI@euro: Likewise.
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/localedata/locales/fi_FI b/localedata/locales/fi_FI
>>>> index f779964..6ea9301 100644
>>>> --- a/localedata/locales/fi_FI
>>>> +++ b/localedata/locales/fi_FI
>>>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ comment_char %
>>>> % Date: 1996-10-15
>>>> % Application: general
>>>> % Users: general
>>>> -% Charset: ISO-8859-1
>>>> +% Charset: UTF-8
>>>> % Distribution and use is free, also
>>>> % for commercial purposes.
>>>> %
>>>> diff --git a/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro b/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
>>>> index 76f78ee..ef7f8cd 100644
>>>> --- a/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
>>>> +++ b/localedata/locales/fi_FI@euro
>>>> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ comment_char %
>>>> % Date: 2000-08-20
>>>> % Application: general
>>>> % Users: general
>>>> -% Charset: ISO-8859-15
>>>> +% Charset: UTF-8
>>>> % Distribution and use is free, also
>>>> % for commercial purposes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marko Myllynen
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marko Myllynen
--
Marko Myllynen