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[Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt


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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