Re: Re: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?

2004-04-14 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- Tetralet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No one will be complaining when the Debian > Developers applying to a technical standard. > > I recommend to use the country code data from > "icu-data" package. > I know some country codes form "icu-data" package do > not conform to ISO-3166, They cla

Re: Location list proposal [was: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?]

2004-04-06 Thread Anthony Johnson
an here? Just because you saw it and don't like it? [1] http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/papers/xml_locale_iuc23_a341.pdf [2] http://oss.software.ibm.com/cvs/icu/~checkout~/icu/source/data/locales/root.txt --- Denis Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 06

Re: More facts about the TW issue (was: Re: Must debian-installer use iso-codes package when choosing country?)

2004-04-05 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed, I found yesterday that the iso-3166 list and > FAQ gives incorrect reasons for giving TW this controversial name. it is correct. > > They mention that the name comes from the UN list of > "country, regions > and other areas for statistica

Re: Location list proposal [was: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?]

2004-04-05 Thread Anthony Johnson
ICU's name list _is_ following ISO 3166, and so do many other sources. This is another reason why it should be followed here. --- Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 05 April 2004 21:39, Denis Barbier wrote: > > Another source is t

Re: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?

2004-04-05 Thread Anthony Johnson
Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Think of it this way: It's a bug from upstream. The text in question certainly it is NOT a bug. Anyone with half a brain can see that. You think it is wrong only because you don't like it, even it is a standard. doesn't fit the format of the file, it's a lo

Re: why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of China"?

2004-04-04 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why why must Debian call Taiwan a "Province of > China"? > Why can't it just stick with a neutral "Taiwan". > Why single out a geographical name and append a > political statement to it? > Sticks out and looks kind of silly. Debian cannot win this argu

Re: Re: Must debian-installer use iso-codes package when choosing country?

2004-04-04 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- "Carlos Z.F. Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, you should kick CCTV and communist party's ass, > before you speak > here. IIRC, They alway said Chen Shui-Bian as You should go back to China mainland and ask for people there. IIRC, you are NOT located in China mainland, right? BTW: Do not

Re: Re: Must debian-installer use iso-codes package when choosing country?

2004-04-03 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- "Carlos Z.F. Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 05:48:43PM -0800, Anthony > Johnson wrote: > > No, some of you did, but more don't(especially > people > > in China mainland), AFAIK. > As a chinese, I think most people in m

Re: Re: Must debian-installer use iso-codes package when choosing country?

2004-04-03 Thread Anthony Johnson
Then use the translated iso-codes in countrychooser --- "Carlos Z.F. Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 02:28:49PM -0600, Steve > Langasek wrote: > > Will these users be installing using English or > Traditional Chinese as > > the language? > Unfortunately, even you choose Tr

Re: Re: Must debian-installer use iso-codes package when choosing country?

2004-04-03 Thread Anthony Johnson
--- Tetralet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We, the debian users in Taiwan, Hongkong and > mainland China, have > discussed about this for several days. > We all consent that to replace "Taiwan" with > "Taiwan, Province of China" > is not suitable. No, some of you did, but more don't(especially pe