Re: [Bug localedata/14641] LC_NAME: deprecate locale category

[Keld Simonsen <keld at keldix dot com>]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 04:50:29AM +0000, vapier at gentoo dot org wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
> 
> --- Comment #37 from Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org> ---
> (In reply to keld@keldix.com from comment #36)
> 
> i was looking at POSIX:
>   http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html
> 
> ISO 30112 does not appear to be public, and i'm not about to waste $200 on
> private standards.  `man 5 locale` is about the only public reference i can
> find.

Well, the ISO C standard is not public either, and we do try to follow it.

There at copies of working drafts of ISO 14652 and ISO 30112 available:
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC35/WG5/docs/30112d10.pdf
Both specs have explicit reference to glibc, and some specific cooperation with glibc.

> i don't see this limited bit of info being useful beyond toy programs, and even
> those are limited to specific locales.  if people are serious about localizing,
> they're better off with a real library.  having these fields in glibc misleads
> them into thinking they're more useful than they actually are.  better to cut
> them off sooner and drive them to fuller solutions.

As I wrote, this information is what is commonly sought for eg. flights and hotels.

What do you have in mind of improvements?

Best regards
Keld