= Proposed Self Contained Change: Glibc collation update and sync with cldr = https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Glibc_collation_update_and_sync_with_cldr Change owner(s): * Mike Fabian <mfabian AT redhat DOT com> Update collation data in glibc to an ISO file from 2015 (in sync with Unicode 8.0.0) and sync collation rules of the locales with CLDR. == Detailed Description == The collation data in glibc is extremely out of date, most locales base their collation rules on an iso14651_t1_common file which has not been updated for probably more than 15 years. Therefore, all characters added in later Unicode versions are missing and not sorted at all which causes bugs like [[1]]. This change is about updating that iso146541_t1_common file to the latest available version from ISO which is from 2015 and up-to-date with Unicode 8.0.0. Because additions and changes in the syntax of the new iso146541_t1_common file, updating that file requires changing the collation rules of almost all locales. Because all these collation rules have to be touched anyway, this is a good opportunity to fix bugs in the collation ruies and sync them with the collation rules in CLDR. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Work with upstream, file bugs and provide patches where required. * Other developers: This change will impact glibc and everything which sorts strings using the collation functions from glibc. Other Developers do not need to make any changes from their end, but they need to watch how their application behaves with improved localedata. We need proper testing to see that it does not break any application. * Release engineering: #7234: https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7234 List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change) Policies and guidelines: No, this change does not require any updates to Policies or packaging guideline updates. Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
