This is the mail archive of the
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
mailing list for the glibc project.
Re: Introduce en_EU?
On 08/17/2017 11:35 PM, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
> 10.08.2017 14:43 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/08/2017 09:12 PM, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> With all due respect, I can't see any reason why _DK was chosen
>>> to represent a generic continental European English locale.
>>
>> It predates the EU and the ISO reservation.
>>
>>> If such locale is actually needed, shouldn't we introduce en_EU
>>> instead? _EU can be understood either as Europe or as European
>>> Union, both could be assumed valid.
>>
>> ISO writes this about “EU”:
>>
>> “Refers to European Union and reserved at the request of ISO 4217/MA
>> (March 1998) for ISO 6166, Securities - International securities
>> identification numbering system (ISIN).”
>>
>> (See <https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/> under Country codes/Other
>> codes/Exceptionally reserved.)
>
> Looks good. If I understand correctly, your opinion about my idea
> is "rather yes".
Yes, I think using EU in locale identifiers makes sense.
Thanks,
Florian