Bug#261184: State of Bahrain is now Kingdom of Bahrain

2007-08-07 Thread Tobias Toedter
package iso-codes tag 261184 pending thanks On Monday 06 August 2007 19:17, Christian Perrier wrote: I agree with you. Will you change the file, or do you still have limited internet access? I have limited access until Thursday evening, so please do so. Done. More generally, I don't know

Bug#261184: State of Bahrain is now Kingdom of Bahrain

2007-08-07 Thread Christian Perrier
Yes, why not. I think that it's a good idea to use as many sources as possible to verify the data. I'll try to extract the information from the UN website, or do you know a downloadable file available somewhere? Not that I know about signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#261184: State of Bahrain is now Kingdom of Bahrain

2007-08-06 Thread Tobias Toedter
On Sunday 05 August 2007 14:15, Christian Perrier wrote: All official sources I find mention that the BH country is no Kingdom of Bahrain. Unfortunately, the ISO-3166 maintenance agency does not public a *public* list of official country names. They only publish the list of short names.

Bug#261184: State of Bahrain is now Kingdom of Bahrain

2007-08-06 Thread Christian Perrier
I agree with you. Will you change the file, or do you still have limited internet access? I have limited access until Thursday evening, so please do so. More generally, I don't know what would be best for the long country names. We don't have access to the official source for these because

Bug#261184: State of Bahrain is now Kingdom of Bahrain

2007-08-05 Thread Christian Perrier
All official sources I find mention that the BH country is no Kingdom of Bahrain. Unfortunately, the ISO-3166 maintenance agency does not public a *public* list of official country names. They only publish the list of short names. Other parts of the standard are (shame!) *sold* on the ISO web