[Sent to debian-boot only] On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 07:05:38AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Denis Barbier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I made a branch to test some changes in countrychooser: > > svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/people/barbier/countrychooser > > or > > svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/people/barbier/countrychooser > > > > The main goal is to get rid of iso-codes for English country names, > > and replace them by those found in ICU, which are much more neutral. > > I have already explained why I do not support this choice. ICU claim > they use ISO-3166 AND ONLY IT as a reference.....though they do > not for TW *without explaining why*. So, I do not see it as more or > less neutral than ISO-3166, but just less strict.
No, as it was already mentioned, they claim using ISO 3166 *country codes*. > The TW issue is becoming slowly a non issue as ways of translating the > one and only name which is controversial in iso-3166 list arises. It is also an issue in French since we (well, you) are bound to official French names. > The letter to ISO-3166 secretary will be soon sent as soon as I get > approval from DPL. Depending on the answer we get, we may decide > whether we deliberately choose to deviate from the standard for this > very particular topic. It has already been answered here, Taiwanese government tells that ISO-3166 is using United Nations's official names and won't change them. > But, if we do deviate, WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY.....and do not do it > silently just like ICU does. > > And because this will be a deviation from an accepted standard this > will be validated by our Technical Comittee. I fail to see wy this is needed. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
