severity 298784 wishlist retitle 298784 /etc/locale.alias should be removed merge 144670 185991 298784 thanks
At Thu, 10 Mar 2005 02:17:17 -0600 (CST), Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: > GOTO Masanori said: > > At Thu, 10 Mar 2005 04:20:42 +0530, > > Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: > >> Quoting /etc/locale.alias > >> > >> > # Note: This file is far from being complete. If you have a value for > >> > # your own site which you think might be useful for others too, share > >> > # it with the rest of us. Send it using the `glibcbug' script to > >> > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sorry, this quotes are getting obsolete. > > IMO, we could remove them. Exactly. > >> The patch adds alias names corresponding to the _IN locales to the > >> locale name alias data-base. I could not find the glibcbug script on my > >> machine (apt-cache search wasn't of much help), hence submitting this > >> bug here and Cc:ing [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > IIRC upstream decided not to add entries more because these locale > > names described in locale.alias are only for backward compatibility. > > I'll confirm it. > > Thank you for this. From a discussion on another report I filed and your > comments on #144670 and #185991 I got to understand this. We can indicate > the same in the files if upstream has frozen the file. > > Also, /usr/share/gettext/intl/locale.alias and /etc/locale.alias seem to > have conflicting susbtitution values for the same locale alias. > Consdering the above, I guess it wouldn't make sense to submit a bug if > there will not be a change to those files. Yes. Nowadays /etc/locale.alias does not make sense. I'm sorry not to reflect your work. However, I seconded that it should be removed as you suggested. I retitled your report and merge those bugs. I'll remove /etc/locale.alias and /usr/share/locale/locale.alias after sarge. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
