Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:12:43 +0400 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc Makefile locale.alias locale.deprecated nls.alias Message-ID: <20030610071243.GA48574@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030610095151.A6344@phantom.cris.net> References: <200306100122.h5A1MVsN035570@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030610095151.A6344@phantom.cris.net>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:51:51 +0300, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > I object to this change. Or actually to way how it's done. Since > you have removed locale.deprecated stuff then users who upgrading from > 4.x or previous 5.x will be left with old (deprecated) locales available. > Since you also removed compat code from libc people will stick with > correct locales available, but those will not be understanding by libc > locale stuff (nl_langinfo(), etc). It will lead to many potential > problems to those who still using old locales. There is nothing to object at this time. This change in its current form was announced and discussed very long ago, when new naming scheme was introduced for the first time. Few years of transition period (now ended) are enough for users to put correct value to the LANG variable. What you suggest is just another transition period, it is superfluous. > is appropriate and note in UPDATING and HEADSUP to -current and > -ports would be enough to warn people. UPDATING note submitted today, HEADSUP was anounced few years ago.
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