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Re: [PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn


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


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