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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/bugzilla/">GNU libc bugzilla</a></li>
  25
  26         <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/?cvsroot=glibc">GNU libc CVSweb</a></li>
  27
  28         <li><a href="http://www.openi18n.org/specs/ldml/">OpenI18n The
  29             Locale Data Markup Language Specification</a></li>
  30
  31         <li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr24/">Unicode
  32             Standard Annex #24 Script Names</a></li>
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  34       </ul>
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  37       <p><a href="MAINTAINERS.txt">Current locales and their
  38           maintainers</a></p>
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  44     <p>This page contain information about the GNU libc locale
  45       collection, including patches, suggested formates, list of known
  46       problems and who to contact regarding the different locales.  It
  47       is a work in progress.  The page maintainer, Petter
  48       Reinholdtsen, is working with the GNU libc maintainers to get
  49       all the fixes included in the official releases of the
  50       source.</p>
  51
  52     <h2>References to documentation and standards</h2>
  53
  54     <p>It is currently an open question where the format og locales in
  55       glibc is documented.  This list of references is at least
  56       pointing to related docuemnts documenting the format of locales,
  57       even if the glibc maintainers might not accept them as
  58       authoritative.</p>
  59
  60     <ul>
  61
  62       <li>ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (not freely available)</li>
  63
  64       <li><a href="http://www.unix-systems.org/version3/">ISO/IEC
  65           9945:2002</a></li>
  66
  67       <li><a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap07.html">The
  68           Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003
  69           Edition</a></li>
  70
  71       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/open/n2638/">ISO/IEC
  72           FCD 14652</a></li>
  73
  74       <li><a href="http://yacob.org/ISO-14652.pdf">ISO/IEC FPDTR
  75           14652:1999(E)</a></li>
  76
  77       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf">ISO/IEC
  78           TR 14652:2003</a></li>
  79
  80     </ul>
  81
  82     <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
  83       recommend using the same order in all locales.  Any order will
  84       do, so I picked a order used in several locales, and decided to
  85       recommend this order:</p>
  86
  87     <ol>
  88       <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
  89       <li>LC_CTYPE
  90       <li>LC_COLLATE
  91       <li>LC_MONETARY
  92       <li>LC_NUMERIC
  93       <li>LC_TIME
  94       <li>LC_MESSAGES
  95       <li>LC_PAPER
  96       <li>LC_NAME
  97       <li>LC_ADDRESS
  98       <li>LC_TELEPHONE
  99       <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
 100     </ol>
 101
 102     <h2>Locale related problem reports</h2>
 103
 104     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.gnu.org/">GNU libc gnats database</a></h3>
 105
 106       <p>The GNATS database is dead at the moment (2003-10-31), and
 107         has been dead since this summer.</p>
 108
 109     <ul>
 110
 111       <li>libc/2254: Insufficient info from the locale tool.
 112         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha, partly fixed in CVS 2003-05-21)
 113
 114       <li>libc/2931: Missing nb_NO locale
 115         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15)
 116
 117       <li>libc/2954: Should add postal telephone and vehicle codes to locales
 118         <br>(HTML error in gnats?)
 119
 120       <li>libc/3606: Update documentation regarding LC_ALL and LANG
 121
 122       <li>libc/4197: Incorrect hr_HR - currency sumbol position
 123         <br>(sent email to submitter [bad address] and author)
 124
 125      <li>libc/4348: Converting charset "eucjp->sjis->iso2022jp" and
 126         "eucjp->iso2022jp" give different result.
 127
 128       <li>libc/4658: 'locale -a' do not list locales in archive
 129
 130       <li>libc/4938: Segfaults when using locale info before it is initialized
 131
 132       <li><strike>libc/5013: Incorrect fi_FI - gramatic</strike>
 133         <br>(sent email to submitter and author, patch sent 2003-05-09,
 134         patch commited 2003-06-16)
 135
 136       <li>libc/5018, libc/5019, libc/5028: Incorret uk_UA.
 137         <br>(sent email to submitter and author)
 138
 139       <li>libc/5023: Missing locales li_NL, nds_NL and nds_DE
 140         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 141
 142       <li>libc/5059: Wrong date format for locale sl_SI
 143         <br>(sent email to submitter and locale author, approved by author,
 144         patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-07-06)
 145
 146     </ul>
 147
 148     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux BTS</a></h3>
 149
 150     <ul>
 151
 152       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/111268">#111268: Incorrect
 153           sv_SE - 13:59 instead of 13.59 for clock time</a>
 154         <br>(patch sent 2003-05-18)
 155
 156       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/119528">#119528: Incorrect
 157           ro_RO - rewritten locale</a>
 158         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 159
 160       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/178513">#178513:
 161             Incorrect is_IS - Use lower case letters in month and week
 162             day names</a></strike>
 163           <br>(sent email to submitter and author, confirmed by Keld,
 164           patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15, patch commited
 165           2003-06-16)
 166
 167       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/194289">#194289: New
 168             locale ag_ES for Aragonese</a></strike>
 169           <br>(sent email to submitter, patch commited 2003-06-16 as
 170           an_ES)
 171
 172       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/193904">#193904:
 173           locales.alias even lines are not considered (debian
 174           only?)</a>
 175
 176       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/206474">#206474: locales:
 177           nb_NO should be a real locale, not an alias</a></strike>
 178         <br>Same as libc/2931
 179
 180       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/208238">#208238: locales:
 181           wrong charset for et_EE</a>
 182
 183       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/211607">#211607: Bad catalan
 184           locale currency format</a></strike>
 185
 186       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/214107">#214107: locales:
 187           en_US.UTF-8 treats [ as a space char</a>
 188
 189       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/214414">#214414: Incorrect
 190           date format in en_NZ</a>
 191
 192       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/215466">#215466: fi_FI
 193           locale doesn't contain first_weekday</a>
 194
 195     </ul>
 196
 197     <h3>From <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/">RedHat Bugzilla</a></h3>
 198
 199     <ul>
 200
 201       <li><strike><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75139">#75139:
 202           Incorrect week start day for sv_SE (should start on
 203           monday)</a></strike>
 204         <br>(Corrected in CVS 2003-01-14)
 205
 206       <li><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83276">#83276:
 207           Norwegian locale in distro</a>
 208         <br>Same as libc/2931
 209
 210     </ul>
 211
 212     <h2>Patches submitted to the glibc maintainers</h2>
 213
 214     <p>If you know of some patches that should be listed here, please
 215     send me an email.  I want to track all relevant patches, not just
 216     the ones submitted by me.</p>
 217
 218     <h3>Pending/rejected</h3>
 219
 220     <ul>
 221
 222       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-04/msg00173.html">2003-04-15
 223           Add sorting test for no_NO</a>
 224
 225
 226       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00151.html">2003-05-18
 227           Correct sorting for nn_NO to match no_NO</a>
 228
 229       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00154.html">2003-05-18
 230           Norwegian week start on monday, fix no_NO and nn_NO</a>
 231
 232       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00155.html">2003-05-18
 233           Change sv_SE to use ':' in clock format (BTS #111268)</a>
 234
 235       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00158.html">2003-05-18
 236             Include examples in 'locale --help' (PR libc/2254,
 237             rejected)</a></strike>
 238
 239       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00265.html">2003-05-29
 240             Generate locales on 'make check' (rejected)</a></strike>
 241
 242       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00267.html">2003-05-29
 243           Indent the error output from sort-test.sh</a>
 244
 245       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00133.html">2003-06-15
 246           Add nb_NO locale (PR libc/2931)</a></strike>
 247
 248       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00021.html">2003-07-06
 249             Correct wrong date format for locale sl_SI (PR libc/5059)</a>
 250
 251       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00022.html">2003-07-06
 252           Some small locale fixes</a>
 253
 254       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-08/msg00082.html">2003-08-13
 255             Updated/new locales for sr_CS (Serbia and Montenegro)</a></li>
 256
 257       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00127.html">2003-11-23
 258           Correct formatting of internatinal currency</a>
 259
 260       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00133.html">2003-11-23
 261             Allow quotes in tst-fmon.data, and make output easier to read</a></li>
 262
 263       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00257.html">2003-06-21
 264           Add test for international currency formatting.</a> and
 265           <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00135.html">2003-11-23
 266             Add test for international currency formatting (updated)</a></li>
 267
 268       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2004-01/msg00016.html">2004-01-01
 269             Change et_EE charset to ISO-8859-15</a> (rejected)</strike></li>
 270
 271     </ul>
 272
 273     <h3>Accepted/included</h3>
 274
 275     <ul>
 276
 277       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00310.html">2003-05-31
 278             Correct email of Denis V. Dmitrienko in uk_UA
 279             (commited)</a></strong>
 280
 281       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00311.html">2003-05-31
 282             Correct thousand separator for fi_FI (commited)</a></strong>
 283
 284       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00129.html">2003-06-15
 285             Correct fi_FI date gramar (PR libc/5013) (commited)</a></strong>
 286
 287       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00141.html">2003-06-15
 288             Clean up locale test code (commited)</a></strong>
 289
 290       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00155.html">2003-06-15
 291             Use lower case letters in month and week day names in is_IS
 292             (commited)</a></strong>
 293
 294       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00255.html">2003-06-21
 295             Add missing ETH to LC_COLLATE in no_NO
 296             (commited)</a></strong>
 297
 298       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00317.html">2003-06-25
 299             Correct an_ES charset and add an_ES.ISO-8859-15 to
 300             SUPPORTED (commited)</a></strong>
 301
 302       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00017.html">2003-07-05
 303             Updating/adding locale for Ethiopia and Eritrea</a></strong></li>
 304
 305       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00020.html">2003-07-13
 306             Make sort-test handle more then 100 lines, and avoid
 307             segfault (commited)</a></strong>
 308
 309       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00003.html">2003-09-01
 310           Document why there are two locales for Hebrew</a></strong>
 311
 312       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00091.html">2003-09-11
 313           Locales for Uzbekistan (uz_UZ and uz_UZ@Cyrl)</a></strong>
 314
 315       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00126.html">2003-11-23
 316           Only check the currency name against 4217, exclude the space</a></strong>
 317
 318       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00128.html">2003-11-23
 319           Monday is first work and week day in Finland</a></strong>
 320
 321       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-11/msg00129.html">2003-11-23
 322             Remove unused file localedata/locales/translit_et</a></li></strong>
 323
 324       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2004-01/msg00004.html">2004-01-01
 325             Make strfmon() more POSIX-compliant</a></li></strong>
 326
 327       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2004-01/msg00007.html">2004-01-01
 328             Report which of the sorting methods that fail</a></li></strong>
 329
 330     </ul>
 331
 332       <h2>Missing locales?</h2>
 333
 334       <p>Bruno Haible told me about a
 335         <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/language_codes.asp">list
 336           of language codes</a> available from Microsoft, and
 337           discovered that some of these are missing as locales in
 338           current GNU libc.</p>
 339
 340       <table>
 341           <tr>
 342             <th>Locale code</th>
 343             <th>Language</th>
 344             <th>Region/Country</th>
 345           </tr>
 346
 347           <tr>
 348             <td>bnt_TZ
 349             <td>Sutu
 350             <td>Tanzania
 351             <td>(MS calls this one "sx" - not ISO 639)
 352               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=NGU)
 353               <br>Correct code st_LS / nso_ZA ?
 354           </tr>
 355
 356           <tr>
 357             <td>de_LI
 358             <td>German
 359             <td>Liechtenstein
 360           </tr>
 361
 362           <tr>
 363             <td>en_JM
 364             <td>English
 365             <td>Jamaica
 366           </tr>
 367
 368           <tr>
 369             <td>en_GD
 370             <td>English
 371             <td>Caribbean
 372           </tr>
 373
 374           <tr>
 375             <td>en_BZ
 376             <td>English
 377             <td>Belize
 378           </tr>
 379
 380           <tr>
 381             <td>en_TT
 382             <td>English
 383             <td>Trinidad
 384           </tr>
 385
 386           <tr>
 387             <td>gd_IE
 388             <td>Gaelic
 389             <td>Ireland
 390           </tr>
 391
 392           <tr>
 393             <td>rm_CH
 394             <td>Rhaeto-Romanic
 395             <td>Switzerland
 396           </tr>
 397
 398           <tr>
 399             <td>ro_MD
 400             <td>Romanian
 401             <td>Moldavia
 402             <td>(MS calls this one "MO" - not ISO 3166)
 403           </tr>
 404
 405           <tr>
 406             <td>ru_MD
 407             <td>Russian
 408             <td>Moldavia
 409             <td>(MS calls this one "MO" - not ISO 3166)
 410           </tr>
 411
 412           <tr>
 413             <td>ts_ZA
 414             <td>Tsonga
 415             <td>South Africa
 416             <td>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TSO)
 417           </tr>
 418
 419           <tr>
 420             <td>tn_BW
 421             <td>Tswana
 422             <td>Botswana
 423             <td>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TSW)
 424           </tr>
 425
 426           <tr>
 427             <td>ven_ZA
 428             <td>Venda
 429             <td>South Africa
 430             <td>(not sure about ISO 639 code: "ve" or "ven")
 431               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=VEN)
 432           </tr>
 433
 434           <tr>
 435             <td>wen_DE
 436             <td>Sorbian
 437             <td>Germany
 438               <td>(MS calls this one "sb" - not ISO 639)
 439               <br>(see also http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=WEN)
 440           </tr>
 441
 442       </table>
 443
 444       <h2>Mailing list for discussing locales</h2>
 445
 446       <p>I'm interested in creating a new mailinglist for discussiong
 447         the GNU libc locales.  It would be a forum where we can
 448         discuss how to write locales and how locales should behave,
 449         without drowning in the technical discussions about linker
 450         problems and syscall conventions.  Roland McGrath told me that
 451         such list could be created if there is a significant number of
 452         people interested in being on such list, and not interested in
 453         being on libc-alpha.</p>
 454
 455       <p>The following people have expressed their interest in joining
 456         such list.  If you are interested in such list, please send me
 457         an email.</p>
 458
 459       <ul>
 460
 461         <li>Danilo Segan</li>
 462         <li>Ionel Mugurel Ciobica</li>
 463         <li>Volodymyr M. Lisivka</li>
 464         <li>Christian Rose</li>
 465         <li>Mashrab Kuvatov</li>
 466         <li>Manuel Novoa III</li>
 467         <li>Petter Reinholdtsen</li>
 468       </ul>
 469
 470     </div>
 471     <hr>
 472     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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