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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>
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  26         <li><a href="http://www.openi18n.org/specs/ldml/">OpenI18n The
  27             Locale Data Markup Language Specification</a></li>
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  33     <p>This page contain information about the GNU libc locale
  34       collection, including patches, suggested formates, list of known
  35       problems and who to contact regarding the different locales.  It
  36       is a work in progress.  The page maintainer, Petter
  37       Reinholdtsen, is working with the GNU libc maintainers to get
  38       all the fixes included in the official releases of the
  39       source.</p>
  40
  41     <h2>References to documentation and standards</h2>
  42
  43     <p>It is currently an open question where the format og locales in
  44       glibc is documented.  This list of references is at least
  45       pointing to related docuemnts documenting the format of locales,
  46       even if the glibc maintainers might not accept them as
  47       authoritative.</p>
  48
  49     <ul>
  50
  51       <li>ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 (not freely available)</li>
  52
  53       <li><a href="http://www.unix-systems.org/version3/">ISO/IEC
  54           9945:2002</a></li>
  55
  56       <li><a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap07.html">The
  57           Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003
  58           Edition</a></li>
  59
  60       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/open/n2638/">ISO/IEC
  61           FCD 14652</a></li>
  62
  63       <li><a href="http://yacob.org/ISO-14652.pdf">ISO/IEC FPDTR
  64           14652:1999(E)</a></li>
  65
  66       <li><a href="http://www.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG20/docs/n972-14652ft.pdf">ISO/IEC
  67           TR 14652:2003</a></li>
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  69     </ul>
  70
  71     <p>To make it easier to compare locales with each other, I
  72       recommend using the same order in all locales.  Any order will
  73       do, so I picked a order used in several locales, and decided to
  74       recommend this order:</p>
  75
  76     <ol>
  77       <li>LC_IDENTIFICATION
  78       <li>LC_CTYPE
  79       <li>LC_COLLATE
  80       <li>LC_MONETARY
  81       <li>LC_NUMERIC
  82       <li>LC_TIME
  83       <li>LC_MESSAGES
  84       <li>LC_PAPER
  85       <li>LC_NAME
  86       <li>LC_ADDRESS
  87       <li>LC_TELEPHONE
  88       <li>LC_MEASUREMENT
  89     </ol>
  90
  91     <h2>Locale related problem reports</h2>
  92
  93     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.gnu.org/">GNU libc gnats database</a></h3>
  94
  95     <ul>
  96
  97       <li>libc/2254: Insufficient info from the locale tool.
  98         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha, partly fixed in CVS 2003-05-21)
  99
 100       <li>libc/2931: Missing nb_NO locale
 101         <br>(patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15)
 102
 103       <li>libc/2954: Should add postal telephone and vehicle codes to locales
 104         <br>(HTML error in gnats?)
 105
 106       <li>libc/3606: Update documentation regarding LC_ALL and LANG
 107
 108       <li>libc/4197: Incorrect hr_HR - currency sumbol position
 109         <br>(sent email to submitter [bad address] and author)
 110
 111      <li>libc/4348: Converting charset "eucjp->sjis->iso2022jp" and
 112         "eucjp->iso2022jp" give different result.
 113
 114       <li>libc/4658: 'locale -a' do not list locales in archive
 115
 116       <li>libc/4938: Segfaults when using locale info before it is initialized
 117
 118       <li><strike>libc/5013: Incorrect fi_FI - gramatic</strike>
 119         <br>(sent email to submitter and author, patch sent 2003-05-09,
 120         patch commited 2003-06-16)
 121
 122       <li>libc/5018, libc/5019, libc/5028: Incorret uk_UA.
 123         <br>(sent email to submitter and author)
 124
 125       <li>libc/5023: Missing locales li_NL, nds_NL and nds_DE
 126         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 127
 128       <li>libc/5059: Wrong date format for locale sl_SI
 129         <br>(sent email to submitter and locale author, approved by author,
 130         patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-07-06)
 131
 132     </ul>
 133
 134     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux BTS</a></h3>
 135
 136     <ul>
 137
 138       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/111268">#111268: Incorrect
 139           sv_SE - 13:59 instead of 13.59 for clock time</a>
 140         <br>(patch sent 2003-05-18)
 141
 142       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/119528">#119528: Incorrect
 143           ro_RO - rewritten locale</a>
 144         <br>(sent email to submitter)
 145
 146       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/178513">#178513:
 147             Incorrect is_IS - Use lower case letters in month and week
 148             day names</a></strike>
 149           <br>(sent email to submitter and author, confirmed by Keld,
 150           patch sent to libc-alpha 2003-06-15, patch commited
 151           2003-06-16)
 152
 153       <li><strike><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/194289">#194289: New
 154             locale ag_ES for Aragonese</a></strike>
 155           <br>(sent email to submitter, patch commited 2003-06-16 as
 156           an_ES)
 157
 158       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/193904">#193904:
 159           locales.alias even lines are not considered (debian
 160           only?)</a>
 161
 162       <li><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/206474">#206474: locales:
 163           nb_NO should be a real locale, not an alias</a>
 164         <br>Same as libc/2931
 165
 166     </ul>
 167
 168     <h3>From <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/">RedHat Bugzilla</a></h3>
 169
 170     <ul>
 171
 172       <li><strike><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75139">#75139:
 173           Incorrect week start day for sv_SE (should start on
 174           monday)</a></strike>
 175         <br>(Corrected in CVS 2003-01-14)
 176
 177       <li><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83276">#83276:
 178           Norwegian locale in distro</a>
 179         <br>Same as libc/2931
 180
 181     </ul>
 182
 183     <h2>Patches submitted to the glibc maintainers</h2>
 184
 185     <p>If you know of some patches that should be listed here, please
 186     send me an email.  I want to track all relevant patches, not just
 187     the ones submitted by me.</p>
 188
 189     <h3>Pending/rejected</h3>
 190
 191     <ul>
 192
 193       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-04/msg00173.html">2003-04-15
 194           Add sorting test for no_NO</a>
 195
 196
 197       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00151.html">2003-05-18
 198           Correct sorting for nn_NO to match no_NO</a>
 199
 200       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00154.html">2003-05-18
 201           Norwegian week start on monday, fix no_NO and nn_NO</a>
 202
 203       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00155.html">2003-05-18
 204           Change sv_SE to use ':' in clock format (BTS #111268)</a>
 205
 206       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00158.html">2003-05-18
 207             Include examples in 'locale --help' (PR libc/2254,
 208             rejected)</a></strike>
 209
 210       <li><strike><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00265.html">2003-05-29
 211             Generate locales on 'make check' (rejected)</a></strike>
 212
 213       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00267.html">2003-05-29
 214           Indent the error output from sort-test.sh</a>
 215
 216       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00133.html">2003-06-15
 217           Add nb_NO locale (PR libc/2931)</a>
 218
 219       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00257.html">2003-06-21
 220           Add test for international currency formatting.</a>
 221
 222       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00022.html">2003-07-06
 223           Some small locale fixes</a>
 224
 225       <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00003.html">2003-09-01
 226           Document why there are two locales for Hebrew</a>
 227
 228     </ul>
 229
 230     <h3>Accepted/included</h3>
 231
 232     <ul>
 233
 234       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00310.html">2003-05-31
 235             Correct email of Denis V. Dmitrienko in uk_UA
 236             (commited)</a></strong>
 237
 238       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00311.html">2003-05-31
 239             Correct thousand separator for fi_FI (commited)</a></strong>
 240
 241       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00129.html">2003-06-15
 242             Correct fi_FI date gramar (PR libc/5013) (commited)</a></strong>
 243
 244       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00141.html">2003-06-15
 245             Clean up locale test code (commited)</a></strong>
 246
 247       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00155.html">2003-06-15
 248             Use lower case letters in month and week day names in is_IS
 249             (commited)</a></strong>
 250
 251       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00255.html">2003-06-21
 252             Add missing ETH to LC_COLLATE in no_NO
 253             (commited)</a></strong>
 254
 255       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-06/msg00317.html">2003-06-25
 256             Correct an_ES charset and add an_ES.ISO-8859-15 to
 257             SUPPORTED (commited)</a></strong>
 258
 259       <li><strong><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-07/msg00020.html">2003-07-13
 260             Make sort-test handle more then 100 lines, and avoid
 261             segfault (commited)</a></strong>
 262
 263     </ul>
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 267     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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