(2) There is a package "iso-codes" I created , now maintianed by
Tobias Quathamer, that exists to ensure there. is one definitive list
of iso- codes, especially names and translations, on a system. Can
this package be adapted to use it?
iso-codes does not have the same functionality as python-iso639, but
of course, it seems it would not be very hard to add the functionality
to iso-codes.
It does seem that the emphasis is rather different, however. iso-codes
seems to exist just to provide the raw data. python-iso639 provides a
convenient python module to query it.
Yes. The point being that iso-codes is then used by packages and apps as
its source. iso-codes lists themselves. get updated several times a year
(in particular the ISO 3166 list of countries). This enables the
handling of stable versions in Debian etc to be simplified.
ISO 639 is a lesser issue, but the approach (minimise churn and
inconsistent lists/translations) still applies.
Regards
Jeff
Regards
Alastair
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