[RFC] NEWS: List the languages which use the alternative months.
Commit Message
[BZ #10871]
NEWS: List the languages which actually use the alternative
months feature in this release. Also explain that "alt_mon" and
"ab_alt_mon" are optional.
---
NEWS | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comments
On 01/31/2018 04:52 PM, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
> [BZ #10871]
> NEWS: List the languages which actually use the alternative
> months feature in this release. Also explain that "alt_mon" and
> "ab_alt_mon" are optional.
> ---
> NEWS | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 6f3b9b0..b1c06f1 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -88,7 +88,15 @@ Major new features:
>
> In a locale definition file, use "alt_mon" and "ab_alt_mon" to
> define the strings for %OB and %Ob, respectively; these have the
> - same syntax as "mon" and "ab_mon".
> + same syntax as "mon" and "abmon". These arrays are optional; if they
> + are not provided then they have the same content as "mon" and "abmon",
> + respectively.
> +
OK.
> + This feature produces any visible changes only in the locales which
> + provide actual data for "alt_mon" and/or "ab_alt_mon". In this
> + release the locale data for the following languages have alternative
> + month names actually provided: Belarusian, Croatian, Greek,
> + Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Suggest:
These features are provided for locales which define "alt_mon" and/or
"ab_alt_mon" in their locale source data. This release includes such
alternative month name data for the following languages: Belarusian,
Croatian, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.
>
> This feature is currently a GNU extension, but it is expected to
> be added to the next revision of POSIX, and it is also already
>
1.02.2018 05:45 Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/31/2018 04:52 PM, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
> > [...]
> > + This feature produces any visible changes only in the locales which
> > + provide actual data for "alt_mon" and/or "ab_alt_mon". In this
> > + release the locale data for the following languages have alternative
> > + month names actually provided: Belarusian, Croatian, Greek,
> > + Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.
>
> Suggest:
>
> These features are provided for locales which define "alt_mon" and/or
> "ab_alt_mon" in their locale source data. This release includes such
> alternative month name data for the following languages: Belarusian,
> Croatian, Greek, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Thank you, Carlos. With this change I'm going to push it soon.
I believe it's a good idea to update the list of the recently changed
locale data.
Regards,
Rafal
@@ -88,7 +88,15 @@ Major new features:
In a locale definition file, use "alt_mon" and "ab_alt_mon" to
define the strings for %OB and %Ob, respectively; these have the
- same syntax as "mon" and "ab_mon".
+ same syntax as "mon" and "abmon". These arrays are optional; if they
+ are not provided then they have the same content as "mon" and "abmon",
+ respectively.
+
+ This feature produces any visible changes only in the locales which
+ provide actual data for "alt_mon" and/or "ab_alt_mon". In this
+ release the locale data for the following languages have alternative
+ month names actually provided: Belarusian, Croatian, Greek,
+ Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian.
This feature is currently a GNU extension, but it is expected to
be added to the next revision of POSIX, and it is also already