The problem is that ISO has multiple code versions, and Jeff wants to know which version GnuCash will use. According to ISO:
ISO 639 is composed of six different parts Part 1 (ISO 639-1:2002) provides a 2 letter code that has been designed to represent most of the major languages of the world. Part 2 (ISO 639-2:1998) provides a 3 letter code, which gives more possible combinations, so ISO 639-2:1998 can cover more languages. Part 3 (ISO 639-3:2007) provides a 3 letter code and aims to give as complete a listing of languages as possible, including living, extinct and ancient languages. Part 4 (ISO 639-4:2010) gives the general principles of language coding and lays down guidelines for the use of ISO 639. Part 5 (ISO 639-5:2008) provides a 3 letter code for language families and groups (living and extinct). Part 6 (ISO 639-6:2009) provides a 4 letter code, useful when there is a potential need to cover the entire range of languages, language families and groups and language variants in a system. All 5 languages listed originally have both two and three letter codes. David On Sep 25, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Probably the former, 2-letter codes... > Whatever the official locale codes are. > > -derek > > Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos. > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Jeff Earickson" <jaear...@colby.edu> > To: <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > Subject: Translation files, ISO 639-1 or 639-2 prefered? > Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2014 7:34 PM > > All, > > > What is the preferred language code for the po directory, 639-1 (two > letter) or 639-02 (three letter)? Should something like Hindi be "hi.po" > or "hin.po"? > > I am looking at the pile of Indian translations sent in tonight. The po > files are nice and clean, some of the new ones will replace earlier > releases. > > Jeff Earickson > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
