[Bug localedata/18399] Review / update charmap data

["keld at keldix dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18399

--- Comment #2 from keld at keldix dot com <keld at keldix dot com> ---
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 01:11:53PM +0000, myllynen at redhat dot com wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18399
> 
> --- Comment #1 from Marko Myllynen <myllynen at redhat dot com> ---
> Actually charmaps using mnemonics won't work since the mnemonics files have
> been removed:
> 
> 2000-07-07  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
> 
>         * locales/POSIX: Remove repertoire map reference.
>         * locales/ar_SA: Remove repertoire map reference.
> 
>         * repertoiremaps/charids.894: Removed.
>         * repertoiremaps/mnemonics.ds: Removed.
>         * repertoiremaps/mnemonics.ja: Removed.
>         * repertoiremaps/mnemonics.ko: Removed.
>         * repertoiremaps/mnemonics.zh: Removed.
> 
> A quick grep indicates that the following charmaps are still using mnemonics:
> 
> ISO_10646
> ISO_8859-1,GL
> JIS_C6220-1969-JP
> JIS_C6229-1984-A
> JIS_C6229-1984-B-ADD
> JIS_C6229-1984-HAND
> JIS_C6229-1984-HAND-ADD
> JIS_C6229-1984-KANA
> NATS-DANO-ADD
> NATS-SEFI-ADD
> 
> Also, if doing changes for charmaps, it's probably a good idea to check whether
> any related changes are needed for possibly corresponding iconv modules under
> iconvdata/.

Some mnemonics are mandated by the POSIX standard, ISO/IEC 9945.

I think it was an error to remove the more extensive mnemonics,, the hex
codes make the locales much harder to proofread.

Best regrads
Keld

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