IBM and glibc locales

[Mark Brown]

Ulrich Drepper wrote on 07/02/01 1:58 AM:
>> - da_DK@euro
> 
> Why?  Denmark is not introducing the Euro.  Or did this change?

Denmark is currently not, but IBM has discovered that customers want
the locale anyway.

> 
>> - el_GR@euro
> 
> Is Greece?
> 
>> - en_GB@euro
> 
> Definitely not the UK.

Greece and UK customers (AIX) have expressed desire for and do use these
locales.

>> - en_HK
>> - en_IN
>> - en_PH
>> - en_SG
>> - fa_IN
> 
> Hum, maybe.  Although I wonder whether Farsi is really spoken in India.

Another place where we produced a locale upon a customer request.
*Someone* is using it!

>> - kok_IN
> 
> No valid language code.

I'll look into this.

>> What's the legal status?  Can we just take those locales and integrate
>> them into glibc?
> 
> Should be clear.

Yup.


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