Is there any need to support ISO 639-2 language codes in DT::Locale?

2003-06-08 Thread Richard Evans
Hi all Does anyone see a pressing need for supporting ISO 639-2 language codes in DateTime::Locale? These are the three character codes instead of the two character ISO 639-1 codes, eg (pilfered straight from DT::Language): # 639-1, 639-2(T), 639-2(B) [ 'aa', 'aar' => 'Afar' ], [ 'a

Re: Is there any need to support ISO 639-2 language codes in DT::Locale?

2003-06-08 Thread Eugene van der Pijll
Richard Evans schreef: > Does anyone see a pressing need for supporting ISO 639-2 language codes in > DateTime::Locale? Hey, why not? > I can't see a great need for this, since ISO 639-1 is already fully > supported, but I'm open to comments; please don't just say "Hey, why not" > though - I don'

Re: Is there any need to support ISO 639-2 language codes in DT::Locale?

2003-06-08 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > So you would have to add some three-letter codes, at least. But I don't > think it is necessary to include the ISO 639-2 codes for English, German > etc. That'd get real confusing. I think we should include them for all languages, not just those

Re: Is there any need to support ISO 639-2 language codes in DT::Locale?

2003-06-09 Thread Richard Evans
Dave Rolsky wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > >> So you would have to add some three-letter codes, at least. But I don't >> think it is necessary to include the ISO 639-2 codes for English, German >> etc. > > That'd get real confusing. I think we should include them for

Re: Is there any need to support ISO 639-2 language codes in DT::Locale?

2003-06-10 Thread Richard Evans
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 2:52 am, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > There are many languages that have only a ISO 639-2 code. At the moment, > two of them are supported in DateTime (sid = Sidama, and tig = Tigre), > and one language without any ISO code (x-drs = sil-drs = Gedeo). All of > these are Ethiop