[PATCH] localedef --old-style is a no-op

[Mike Frysinger]

On 11 Jun 2016 16:01, Marko Myllynen wrote:
> On 2016-06-11 08:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 02 Jun 2016 22:16, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On 02 Jun 2016 22:31, Joseph Myers wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 30 May 2016, Marko Myllynen wrote:
> >>>> On 2016-05-27 21:16, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >>>>> On 27 May 2016 14:55, Marko Myllynen wrote:
> >>>>>> The --old-style option for localedef is a no-op. Is the patch below to
> >>>>>> reflect this worth the effort (considering translations) or should we
> >>>>>> leave it as is? (I've already submitted a patch to man pages upstream
> >>>>>> to adjust the localedef(1) man page.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this code has been dead for 16 years afaict.  i think that's more than
> >>>>> enough time to let people update their scripts, so let's just drop the
> >>>>> option entirely.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ok, how about the patch below? (Please fine-tune the ChangeLog entry if
> >>>> needed.)
> >>>
> >>> In my view such a feature removal (even of a no-op feature) merits a NEWS 
> >>> entry as well.
> >>
> >> np.  if no one else has concerns, i can take of merging it.
> > 
> > done!
> 
> Thanks for taking care of this, Mike. However, isn't the NEWS entry a
> bit unclear at the moment, how about something like this instead?

pronouns, how do they work ? ;)

updated now, thanks
-mike
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