From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 06:30:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: More info on locale names.
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More info on locale names.
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+++ b/linux/glibc/howto.html
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
 	country/region code is a code from ISO 3166.  If the language
 	or region in question is missing in the ISO standard, one need
 	to get the ISO standard updated before the locale will be
-	included in glibc.</p>
+	included in glibc.  If one can't convince the ISO 639
+	maintainers that your language exists (and thus need a
+	language code), the glibc maintainers will refuse to add the
+	locale.  In addition, the glibc maintainers seem to refuse
+	"artificial languages" like Esperanto and Lojban, even if they
+	got a ISO 639 code.</p>
 
       <p>Little is known about the requirements for the naming of
 	modifiers.  The following modifiers are currently used:
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@
     <address><a href="mailto:pere@hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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