[Bug localedata/14641] LC_NAME: deprecate locale category

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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.

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.

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