[Bug localedata/16190] [PATCH] Please add the esperanto (eo) locale

[carlos at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16190

--- Comment #16 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Rich Felker from comment #15)
> glibc just needs to drop the policy of having the country code be mandatory,
> at least for LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE, and any other categories that have
> nothing to do with countries/politics. There's no justification for someone
> having to choose a country (and cultural/political conventions) that may
> have nothing to do with them just to get messages in their own language.

Rich, It's not that we have a policy it's just that nobody has run through the
process of trying to use a locale without a country code. I don't know if it's
possible and I haven't tried it.

I'll make the following strong statements:
* I don't think country codes should be mandatory.
* Adding the first locale without a country code will require validation before
we can check it in and know that it will work.
* I'm happy to use eo_ZZ, just post a message to libc-alpha@ requesting
consensus on this. I'll give my +1 immediately. I would like to see Keld and
Petr at least comment on this idea. I'll pull them into the thread.

Does that make sense?

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