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[Bug localedata/4098] pl_PL, Roman numbers as abbreviated month names


------- Additional Comments From zbiggy at o2 dot pl  2007-09-25 20:15 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> It is a bug in the program if it assumes three letter abbreviations.  I'm not
> going to revert anything.  If you have problems fight it out with the person who
> proposed the change.  But do not make a decision based on the broken program's
> behavior.

pl_PL-LC_TIME.patch from bug #3156 broke everything. Bad date format breaks mc
and other programs, makes users nervous. Every programmer knows about: "garbage
on input == garbage on output". You can not blame software for breakage when bad
date is provided somewhere else.

If Roman month numbering for Polish locales will not be removed from glibc we
will remove it on end user level by patching glibc sources before compilation stage.

Roman month numbering is present in Poland only in documents as artistic effect
(together with gothic font and A.D. (Anno Domini) prefix before date).

I understand some people find Roman month numbering nice looking (like gothic
font) but this minority can not force their taste to whole community and break:
-data processing of applications and system scripts,
-National standard PN-EN 28601:2002 which is the same as ISO 8601:2004,
-Date format present everywhere in paper documents.

I ask glibc developers for reverting pl_PL-LC_TIME.patch from bug #3156 to
restore valid date format by removing Roman month numbering.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4098

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