[PATCH] localedata: add more translit entries

Marko Myllynen myllynen@redhat.com
Tue Apr 26 06:06:00 GMT 2016


Hi,

On 2016-04-26 07:40, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 25 Apr 2016 16:16, Marko Myllynen wrote:
>> On 2016-04-24 00:34, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> Some of the newer symbols we're using are missing translit entries which
>>> causes troubles when generating the locales with older encodings.
>>>
>>> tr_TR: ₺ -> "TL"
>>> uz_UZ: Ê» -> "'"
>>> common:
>>>   ֏ -> "AMD"
>>>   ₪ -> "ILS"
>>>   ₱ -> "PHP"
>>>   ₸ -> "KZT"
>>>   ₾ -> "GEL"
>>
>> The new common parts look good but I wonder when should we include
>> translit_neutral in locale files and when to add individual rules into
>> them instead (which are already defined in translit_neutral)?
> 
> the vast majority of locales leverage translit_neutral (by way of copying
> i18n).  the exceptions are:
> 	az_AZ
> 	crh_UA
> 	km_KH
> 	ku_TR
> 	tr_CY
> 	tr_TR
> 	tt_RU@iqtelif
> 
> all except km_KH eventually copy tr_TR.  seems like it should be possible
> to rebase these two on top of translit_neutral (or at least i18n), but i
> have no idea why they didn't in the first place.  considering how hacky
> km_KH has been (looks like it was copied from lo_LA and then hacked to
> bits to get a little km_KH), i wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't meant
> to be by itself.

Ok, thanks for checking, I think this can be investigated later in more
detail and now your patch is the right thing to do.

Cheers,

-- 
Marko Myllynen



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