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Re: [PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn
- From: Keld Simonsen <keld at keldix dot com>
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>, Ond??ej Bílka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, Marko Myllynen <myllynen at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, libc-locales at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:26:23 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 07:16:45PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> >Joseph, Ondrej, and myself agree that we should find a way to just make
> >these files UTF-8. I expect that a precondition is going to be to add
> >an unremovable C.UTF-8 locale, which I think is important.
>
> I also like the idea of having these files be UTF-8.
>
> Why is an unremovable C.UTF-8 locale a precondition, though? We
> should be able to assume a properly-installed localedef and a
> minimum set of locales for running development tools like localedef.
> The minimum set could include en_US.UTF-8.
I would recommend using the i18n locale - that is the purpose of i18n
locale to be the locale to buid all the other locales from.
Best regards
Keld