Re: [RFC][PATCH] NEWS: List the languages which use the alternative months.

[Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>]

On 01/31/2018 04:52 PM, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
> 	[BZ #10871]
> 	NEWS: List the languages which actually use the alternative
> 	months feature in this release.  Also explain that "alt_mon" and
> 	"ab_alt_mon" are optional.
> ---
>  NEWS | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 6f3b9b0..b1c06f1 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -88,7 +88,15 @@ Major new features:
>  
>    In a locale definition file, use "alt_mon" and "ab_alt_mon" to
>    define the strings for %OB and %Ob, respectively; these have the
> -  same syntax as "mon" and "ab_mon".
> +  same syntax as "mon" and "abmon".  These arrays are optional; if they
> +  are not provided then they have the same content as "mon" and "abmon",
> +  respectively.
> +

OK.

> +  This feature produces any visible changes only in the locales which
> +  provide actual data for "alt_mon" and/or "ab_alt_mon".  In this
> +  release the locale data for the following languages have alternative
> +  month names actually provided: Belarusian, Croatian, Greek,
> +  Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Suggest:

These features are provided for locales which define "alt_mon" and/or
"ab_alt_mon" in their locale source data.  This release includes such
alternative month name data for the following languages: Belarusian,
Croatian, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.

>  
>    This feature is currently a GNU extension, but it is expected to
>    be added to the next revision of POSIX, and it is also already
> 


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Cheers,
Carlos.