At Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:48:48 +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 06:12:29PM +0200, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > > Package: locales > > Version: 2.3.1-15 > > Severity: wishlist > > File: /etc/locale.alias > > > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > > > For example, this allows GDM to include bulgarian language in its menu. > > I propose the following line: > > > > bulgarian bg_BG.CP1251 > > Quoting Ulrich Drepper > <URL:http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2002-11/msg00067.html> > ] Roland McGrath wrote: > ] > Is there some policy or guiding principle behind what goes into > ] > locale.alias? > ] > ] Yes: nothing. The file should never have been added and things should > ] not be made worse by adding more. > > So adding new aliases is certainly a bad idea.
I fully agree. > Note that gdm 2.4 ships this warning at the beginning of its locale.alias > file: > # NOTE! This is a broken way to do things. Gdm currently reads > # languages ONLY from this file. This is Broken(tm). This setup > # will be replaced in some future version to be replaced by some > # automatic detection of available locales. This file is not > # really a locale.alias file and the first word is used as a label > # in case gdm doesn't know this language personally, else it's > # ignored. > Until it is fixed, the best solution is to make gdm maintainer > change his mind about #121889, good luck ;) Hmm, I understand why this kind of bug are reported frequently. gdm should be fixed and use another framework. As I said in #144670, selecting only language should be avoided. OK, I merge this kind of bug. I never fix it in glibc. Hm, should we reassign these bugs to gdm, or simply mark as done? Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
