From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:56:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Try to document the process of changing a locale.
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Try to document the process of changing a locale.
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+      <h2>Changing a locale</h2>
+
+      <p>Getting locale fixes past the glibc maintainers is still a
+	kind of black art to me.  This is my first try to document
+	what I believe is needed to get the glibc maintainers to
+	accept a change.</p>
+
+      <p>Register the change request in bugzilla, to make sure the
+	request is not forgotten, and that all relevant info is
+	collected in one place.</p>
+
+      <p>It is always good to involve the original locale author when
+	submitting a change request.  Getting the original author to
+	agree to the change increases the chance that the glibc
+	maintainers will accept it.  It is also an idea to involve the
+	contributors to the locale.  This is why I maintain a list of
+	authors and contributors for each locale.  The people listed
+	there should be emailed as well, and asked for comments.  If
+	the contributors agree as well, the change is less likely to
+	be controversial, and more likely to be accepted by the glibc
+	maintainers.</p>
+
+      <p>Give references to official standards and specifications
+	documenting the correct locale behavoiur.  URLs are fine.  If
+	such references are impossible to find, official-looking pages
+	might have the same effect.  Another idea is to show
+	locale-specific use of dates and other formatting on
+	country-official web pages and other publications.</p>
+
+      <p>If all of these are present, the change is likely to be
+	accepted by the glibc maintainer.  If some of them are missing
+	(like the author is unavailable, no standard and
+	specifications exist, and it is hard to document the correct
+	format, I do not know how to get the change past the glibc
+	maintainers.</p>
+
     <h2>Locale related problem reports</h2>
 
     <h3>From <a href="http://bugs.gnu.org/">GNU libc gnats database</a></h3>
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     <address><a href="mailto:pere&#064;hungry.com">Petter Reinholdtsen</a></address>
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