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[Bug localedata/15578] kk_KZ: various updates


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15578

--- Comment #15 from Marko Myllynen <myllynen at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #14)
> (In reply to Marko Myllynen from comment #13)
> > 
> > I investigated this a bit more. The LC_IDENTIFICATION/category is defined in
> > ISO 14652, see http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf,
> > which defines two values (i18n/posix) but the current convention in glibc
> > seems to be to have them like in en_US, de_DE, and the current kk_KZ so I
> > don't think the change is needed. Given that this information is probably
> > not used by any program it shouldn't matter much but might be better to
> > follow the example set by some of the most widely scrutinized locales.
> 
> We should be following international standards where applicable and those
> who are working at the ISO level and taking our cues from them where it
> makes sense and at the same time considering backwards compatibility with
> our current users. Is there a compatibility impact for these changes?

AFAICS ISO 14652 is a Technical Report not an International Standard. Not sure
why Ulrich and others used the current approach for the locales they created,
could be even that my quick reading of the report was not correct. It'd be
surprising to have compatibility impact with such an obscure value. I've stated
earlier that I'd rather have things around glibc locales slightly imperfect but
consistent all across rather than inconsistent and few locales differentiating
for no obvious gain but here we don't even have the consistency to begin with
so doesn't really matter in the end, I'm ok either way now that we know the
answer for my initial question about the background for this change. Thanks.

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