On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> wrote:
> > Yes, it is. What you're describing is a bug waiting to happen. > > For comparison: there is no translator who translates to the 'nl_BE' > locale; all dutch translators translate to 'nl'. Yet there is no user > who uses an 'nl' locale; all users use 'nl_NL', 'nl_BE', 'nl_AR', or > whatnot. The locales system understands that Dutch is Dutch, no matter > where it's spoken, and will take the 'nl' translation when 'nl_BE' is > asked. > > In the case of Dutch, that's perfectly reasonable, because there's only > one authority on the Dutch language (the Dutch Language Union). This > isn't just limited to Dutch, however; in simple programs, it could be > that the only needed strings aren't of the variant where there's a > difference between en_US and en_GB, in which case you'll end up with > just an 'en' translation. > > This assumption that "'xx_YY' is just a specialized form of 'xx'" means > that it's okay to move files around if you find that there are > translations for this one specialized variant of ug but not for that > other, and your users are asking for a translation. When that happens, > with your scheme, suddenly you get a translation that jumps from one > script to the other all the time; this is even worse than having a > partially-translated program. > > Also, the fact that one translation has such a bug shouldn't mean that > the other should, too. > > -- > The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by > the following formula: > > pi zz a > Thank you so much for your explanation. It is crystal clear to me now. ug_CN is a well established locale for Uyghur (Uighur) language in China, which uses modified Arabic-Persian. Then, what is the best way to name the Latin based Uyghur locale used globally? Should a locale be always tied up to a specific country? Which one of the following names are best and acceptable? Could you please explain the pros and cons of each one? ug@latin ug_CN@latin ug_US@latin Thank you very much again.
