https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=162501
User mfabian@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=162501#c17
--- Comment #17 from Mike Fabian 2008-03-25 15:55:51 MST ---
What about the hy_AM.armscii-8 locale? Does anybody really need that?
Any reasons why one cannot use hy_AM.UTF-8?
Anyway, if the locales ja_JP.SHIFT_JISX0213 and hy_AM.ARMSCII-8 are
available in glibc and listed by the “locale -a” command, shouldn’t
they be accepted in the spelling as they are listed by the “locale -a”
command?
“locale -a” lists the UTF-8 locales like ja_JP.utf8. That doesn’t look
so nice to me because UTF-8 is the preferred spelling, i.e. it would
be nicer if it were listed as ja_JP.UTF-8 by the “locale -a” command.
But as ja_JP.utf8 and ja_JP.UTF-8 are treated as identical by glibc
and it doesn’t cause problems if users look at the output of “locale
-a” and then set LANG=ja_JP.utf8 because this works as well.
Shouldn’t the weird legacy locales like ja_JP.SHIFT_JISX0213 and
hy_AM.ARMSCII-8 also be accepted in the way they are listed by “locale
-a”? Certainly they should be avoided, but unfortunately they are
there. Not accepting them in the way as listed by “locale -a” just
adds to the confusion.
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