Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > Anthony Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> certainly it is NOT a bug. Anyone with half a brain can see that.
> So how do you justify the brokenness of the Taiwan entry -- which unlike > every other entry, doesn't properly yield the name of the country? Given that the People's Republic of China is a UN member state whereas the Republic of China/Taiwan is not, is is only /consequent/ to label Taiwan that way. That does not mean Debian -- or everyone else -- has to follow. BTW, there are a lot of other names from ISO 3166 that IMO should be changed for everyday use: Short name contains unnecessary parts from the full official name (probably for political hyper-correctness): IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF;IR => IRAN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;LA => LAOS MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF;FM => MICRONESIA MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF;MD => MOLDOVA TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF;TZ => TANZANIA A different short name is more common (again, the UN name was probably chosen for political correctness): KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF;KP => KOREA, NORTH KOREA, REPUBLIC OF;KR => KOREA, SOUTH Other "strange" entries: HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE);VA => VATICAN The country is "Vatican City State". The "Holy See" is the Pope. The "Vatican" is not a UN member, whereas the "Holy See" is a (permanent IIRC) observer. So again, it's logical for the UN to use the name of the entity that has closer relations to the UN. For non-UN bodies, the use of the country name "Vatican (City State)" is more logical. PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED;PS => PALESTINIAN TERRITORY This is actually the most problematic entry. Leaving out the "occupied" is not a big problem, though. It might be controversial whether to use just "PALESTINE", however. ^ Claus -- http://www.faerber.muc.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
