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  14     <h1>GNU libc (glibc) locale patch page</h1>
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  18       <h2>Related pages</h2>
  19       <ul>
  20         <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/">GNU libc homepage</a></li>
  21
  22         <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/">GNU libc jumpstation</a></li>
  23
  24         <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/?cvsroot=glibc">GNU libc CVSweb</a></li>
  25
  26         <li><a href="http://www.openi18n.org/specs/ldml/">OpenI18n The
  27             Locale Data Markup Language Specification</a></li>
  28
  29         <li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr24/">Unicode
  30             Standard Annex #24 Script Names</a></li>
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  32       </ul>
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  35       <p><a href="MAINTAINERS.txt">Current locales and their
  36           maintainers</a></p>
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  42     <p>This page contain information about the GNU libc locale
  43       collection, including patches, suggested formates, list of known
  44       problems and who to contact regarding the different locales.  It
  45       is a work in progress.  The page maintainer, Petter
  46       Reinholdtsen, is working with the GNU libc maintainers to get
  47       all the fixes included in the official releases of the
  48       source.</p>
  49
  50     <h2>References to documentation and standards</h2>
  51
  52     <p>It is currently an open question where the format og locales in
  53       glibc is documented.  This list of references is at least
  54       pointing to related docuemnts documenting the format of locales,
  55       even if the glibc maintainers might not accept them as
  56       authoritative.</p>
  57
  58     <ul>
  59
  60       <li>ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (not freely available)</li>
  61
  62       <li><a href="http://www.unix-systems.org/version3/">ISO/IEC
  63           9945:2002</a></li>
  64
  65       <li><a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap07.html">The
  66           Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003
  67           Edition</a></li>
  68
  69       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/open/n2638/">ISO/IEC
  70           FCD 14652</a></li>
  71
  72       <li><a href="http://yacob.org/ISO-14652.pdf">ISO/IEC FPDTR
  73           14652:1999(E)</a></li>
  74
  75       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf">ISO/IEC
  76           TR 14652:2003</a></li>
  77
  78     </ul>
  79
  80     <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
  81       recommend using the same order in all locales.  Any order will
  82       do, so I picked a order used in several locales, and decided to
  83       recommend this order:</p>
  84
  85     <ol>
  86       <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
  87       <li>LC_CTYPE
  88       <li>LC_COLLATE
  89       <li>LC_MONETARY
  90       <li>LC_NUMERIC
  91       <li>LC_TIME
  92       <li>LC_MESSAGES
  93       <li>LC_PAPER
  94       <li>LC_NAME
  95       <li>LC_ADDRESS
  96       <li>LC_TELEPHONE
  97       <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
  98     </ol>
  99
 100     <h2>Locale related problem reports</h2>
 101
 102     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.gnu.org/">GNU libc gnats database</a></h3>
 103
 104       <p>The GNATS database is dead at the moment (2003-10-31), and
 105         has been dead since this summer.</p>
 106
 107     <ul>
 108
 109       <li>libc/2254: Insufficient info from the locale tool.
 110         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha, partly fixed in CVS 2003-05-21)
 111
 112       <li>libc/2931: Missing nb_NO locale
 113         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15)
 114
 115       <li>libc/2954: Should add postal telephone and vehicle codes to locales
 116         <br>(HTML error in gnats?)
 117
 118       <li>libc/3606: Update documentation regarding LC_ALL and LANG
 119
 120       <li>libc/4197: Incorrect hr_HR - currency sumbol position
 121         <br>(sent email to submitter [bad address] and author)
 122
 123      <li>libc/4348: Converting charset "eucjp->sjis->iso2022jp" and
 124         "eucjp->iso2022jp" give different result.
 125
 126       <li>libc/4658: 'locale -a' do not list locales in archive
 127
 128       <li>libc/4938: Segfaults when using locale info before it is initialized
 129
 130       <li><strike>libc/5013: Incorrect fi_FI - gramatic</strike>
 131         <br>(sent email to submitter and author, patch sent 2003-05-09,
 132         patch commited 2003-06-16)
 133
 134       <li>libc/5018, libc/5019, libc/5028: Incorret uk_UA.
 135         <br>(sent email to submitter and author)
 136
 137       <li>libc/5023: Missing locales li_NL, nds_NL and nds_DE
 138         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 139
 140       <li>libc/5059: Wrong date format for locale sl_SI
 141         <br>(sent email to submitter and locale author, approved by author,
 142         patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-07-06)
 143
 144     </ul>
 145
 146     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux BTS</a></h3>
 147
 148     <ul>
 149
 150       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/111268">#111268: Incorrect
 151           sv_SE - 13:59 instead of 13.59 for clock time</a>
 152         <br>(patch sent 2003-05-18)
 153
 154       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/119528">#119528: Incorrect
 155           ro_RO - rewritten locale</a>
 156         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 157
 158       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/178513">#178513:
 159             Incorrect is_IS - Use lower case letters in month and week
 160             day names</a></strike>
 161           <br>(sent email to submitter and author, confirmed by Keld,
 162           patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15, patch commited
 163           2003-06-16)
 164
 165       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/194289">#194289: New
 166             locale ag_ES for Aragonese</a></strike>
 167           <br>(sent email to submitter, patch commited 2003-06-16 as
 168           an_ES)
 169
 170       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/193904">#193904:
 171           locales.alias even lines are not considered (debian
 172           only?)</a>
 173
 174       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/206474">#206474: locales:
 175           nb_NO should be a real locale, not an alias</a></strike>
 176         <br>Same as libc/2931
 177
 178       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/208238">#208238: locales:
 179           wrong charset for et_EE</a>
 180
 181       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/211607">#211607: Bad catalan
 182           locale currency format</a></strike>
 183
 184       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/214107">#214107: locales:
 185           en_US.UTF-8 treats [ as a space char</a>
 186
 187       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/214414">#214414: Incorrect
 188           date format in en_NZ</a>
 189
 190       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/215466">#215466: fi_FI
 191           locale doesn't contain first_weekday</a>
 192
 193     </ul>
 194
 195     <h3>From <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/">RedHat Bugzilla</a></h3>
 196
 197     <ul>
 198
 199       <li><strike><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75139">#75139:
 200           Incorrect week start day for sv_SE (should start on
 201           monday)</a></strike>
 202         <br>(Corrected in CVS 2003-01-14)
 203
 204       <li><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83276">#83276:
 205           Norwegian locale in distro</a>
 206         <br>Same as libc/2931
 207
 208     </ul>
 209
 210     <h2>Patches submitted to the glibc maintainers</h2>
 211
 212     <p>If you know of some patches that should be listed here, please
 213     send me an email.  I want to track all relevant patches, not just
 214     the ones submitted by me.</p>
 215
 216     <h3>Pending/rejected</h3>
 217
 218     <ul>
 219
 220       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-04/msg00173.html">2003-04-15
 221           Add sorting test for no_NO</a>
 222
 223
 224       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00151.html">2003-05-18
 225           Correct sorting for nn_NO to match no_NO</a>
 226
 227       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00154.html">2003-05-18
 228           Norwegian week start on monday, fix no_NO and nn_NO</a>
 229
 230       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00155.html">2003-05-18
 231           Change sv_SE to use ':' in clock format (BTS #111268)</a>
 232
 233       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00158.html">2003-05-18
 234             Include examples in 'locale --help' (PR libc/2254,
 235             rejected)</a></strike>
 236
 237       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00265.html">2003-05-29
 238             Generate locales on 'make check' (rejected)</a></strike>
 239
 240       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00267.html">2003-05-29
 241           Indent the error output from sort-test.sh</a>
 242
 243       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00133.html">2003-06-15
 244           Add nb_NO locale (PR libc/2931)</a></strike>
 245
 246       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00021.html">2003-07-06
 247             Correct wrong date format for locale sl_SI (PR libc/5059)</a>
 248
 249       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00022.html">2003-07-06
 250           Some small locale fixes</a>
 251
 252       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-08/msg00082.html">2003-08-13
 253             Updated/new locales for sr_CS (Serbia and Montenegro)</a></li>
 254
 255       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00127.html">2003-11-23
 256           Correct formatting of internatinal currency</a>
 257
 258       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00133.html">2003-11-23
 259             Allow quotes in tst-fmon.data, and make output easier to read</a></li>
 260
 261       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00257.html">2003-06-21
 262           Add test for international currency formatting.</a> and
 263           <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00135.html">2003-11-23
 264             Add test for international currency formatting (updated)</a></li>
 265
 266     </ul>
 267
 268     <h3>Accepted/included</h3>
 269
 270     <ul>
 271
 272       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00310.html">2003-05-31
 273             Correct email of Denis V. Dmitrienko in uk_UA
 274             (commited)</a></strong>
 275
 276       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00311.html">2003-05-31
 277             Correct thousand separator for fi_FI (commited)</a></strong>
 278
 279       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00129.html">2003-06-15
 280             Correct fi_FI date gramar (PR libc/5013) (commited)</a></strong>
 281
 282       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00141.html">2003-06-15
 283             Clean up locale test code (commited)</a></strong>
 284
 285       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00155.html">2003-06-15
 286             Use lower case letters in month and week day names in is_IS
 287             (commited)</a></strong>
 288
 289       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00255.html">2003-06-21
 290             Add missing ETH to LC_COLLATE in no_NO
 291             (commited)</a></strong>
 292
 293       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00317.html">2003-06-25
 294             Correct an_ES charset and add an_ES.ISO-8859-15 to
 295             SUPPORTED (commited)</a></strong>
 296
 297       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00017.html">2003-07-05
 298             Updating/adding locale for Ethiopia and Eritrea</a></strong></li>
 299
 300       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00020.html">2003-07-13
 301             Make sort-test handle more then 100 lines, and avoid
 302             segfault (commited)</a></strong>
 303
 304       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00003.html">2003-09-01
 305           Document why there are two locales for Hebrew</a></strong>
 306
 307       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00091.html">2003-09-11
 308           Locales for Uzbekistan (uz_UZ and uz_UZ@Cyrl)</a></strong>
 309
 310       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00126.html">2003-11-23
 311           Only check the currency name against 4217, exclude the space</a></strong>
 312
 313       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00128.html">2003-11-23
 314           Monday is first work and week day in Finland</a></strong>
 315
 316       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00129.html">2003-11-23
 317             Remove unused file localedata/locales/translit_et</a></li></strong>
 318
 319     </ul>
 320
 321       <h2>Missing locales?</h2>
 322
 323       <p>Bruno Haible told me about a <a
 324       href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/language_codes.asp">list
 325       of language codes available from Microsoft, and discovered that
 326       some of these are missing as locales in current GNU libc.</p>
 327
 328       <table>
 329           <tr>
 330             <th>Locale code</th>
 331             <th>Language</th>
 332             <th>Region/Country</th>
 333           </tr>
 334
 335           <tr>
 336             <td>bnt_TZ
 337             <td>Sutu
 338             <td>Tanzania
 339             <td>(MS calls this one "sx" - not ISO 639)
 340               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=NGU)
 341               <br>Correct code st_LS / nso_ZA ?
 342           </tr>
 343
 344           <tr>
 345             <td>de_LI
 346             <td>German
 347             <td>Liechtenstein
 348           </tr>
 349
 350           <tr>
 351             <td>en_JM
 352             <td>English
 353             <td>Jamaica
 354           </tr>
 355
 356           <tr>
 357             <td>en_GD
 358             <td>English
 359             <td>Caribbean
 360           </tr>
 361
 362           <tr>
 363             <td>en_BZ
 364             <td>English
 365             <td>Belize
 366           </tr>
 367
 368           <tr>
 369             <td>en_TT
 370             <td>English
 371             <td>Trinidad
 372           </tr>
 373
 374           <tr>
 375             <td>gd_IE
 376             <td>Gaelic
 377             <td>Ireland
 378           </tr>
 379
 380           <tr>
 381             <td>rm_CH
 382             <td>Rhaeto-Romanic
 383             <td>Switzerland
 384           </tr>
 385
 386           <tr>
 387             <td>ro_MD
 388             <td>Romanian
 389             <td>Moldavia
 390             <td>(MS calls this one "MO" - not ISO 3166)
 391           </tr>
 392
 393           <tr>
 394             <td>ru_MD
 395             <td>Russian
 396             <td>Moldavia
 397             <td>(MS calls this one "MO" - not ISO 3166)
 398           </tr>
 399
 400           <tr>
 401             <td>ts_ZA
 402             <td>Tsonga
 403             <td>South Africa
 404             <td>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TSO)
 405           </tr>
 406
 407           <tr>
 408             <td>tn_BW
 409             <td>Tswana
 410             <td>Botswana
 411             <td>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TSW)
 412           </tr>
 413
 414           <tr>
 415             <td>ven_ZA
 416             <td>Venda
 417             <td>South Africa
 418             <td>(not sure about ISO 639 code: "ve" or "ven")
 419               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=VEN)
 420           </tr>
 421
 422           <tr>
 423             <td>wen_DE
 424             <td>Sorbian
 425             <td>Germany
 426               <td>(MS calls this one "sb" - not ISO 639)
 427               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=WEN)
 428           </tr>
 429
 430       </table>
 431
 432       <h2>Mailing list for discussing locales</h2>
 433
 434       <p>I'm interested in creating a new mailinglist for discussiong
 435         the GNU libc locales.  It would be a forum where we can
 436         discuss how to write locales and how locales should behave,
 437         without drowning in the technical discussions about linker
 438         problems and syscall conventions.  Roland McGrath told me that
 439         such list could be created if there is a significant number of
 440         people interested in being on such list, and not interested in
 441         being on libc-alpha.</p>
 442
 443       <p>The following people have expressed their interest in joining
 444         such list.  If you are interested in such list, please send me
 445         an email.</p>
 446
 447       <ul>
 448
 449         <li>Danilo Segan</li>
 450         <li>Ionel Mugurel Ciobica</li>
 451         <li>Volodymyr M. Lisivka</li>
 452         <li>Christian Rose</li>
 453         <li>Mashrab Kuvatov</li>
 454         <li>Manuel Novoa III</li>
 455         <li>Petter Reinholdtsen</li>
 456       </ul>
 457
 458     </div>
 459     <hr>
 460     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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