Hi Marko, On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On 2014-05-28 14:54, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> >> Looking at this patch more closely, there's a piece that seems to be broken. >> >> That sentence is garbled. Some words are missing, I think. Can you clarify? > > it was clumsy indeed, and also repetitive, I don't think it's needed at all > as the previous paragraph already explains the same thing. > > Please see an updated and rebased patch below. Best just to tell me what needs to be dropped from the preceding patch, since I've already merged and edited in a private branch. Thanks, Michael > From 19a2e938158ffb94b0265968c6213a16b5179985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 17:18:15 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH] locale.5: document glibc conventions regarding days and week > > Based on existing practice and glibc community wiki page at > > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Locales > --- > man5/locale.5 | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 1 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5 > index 6f0538a..754a4e0 100644 > --- a/man5/locale.5 > +++ b/man5/locale.5 > @@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ The list starts with the first day of the week > as specified by > .I week > (Sunday by default). > +See NOTES. > .TP > .I day > followed by a list of names of the days of the week. > @@ -982,6 +983,7 @@ The list starts with the first day of the week > as specified by > .I week > (Sunday by default). > +See NOTES. > .TP > .I abmon > followed by a list of abbreviated month names. > @@ -1020,16 +1022,7 @@ Regarding the start of the week, > shall be used for Sunday and > .B 19971201 > shall be used for Monday. > -Thus, countries using > -.B 19971130 > -should have local Sunday name as the first day in the > -.I day > -list, > -while countries using > -.B 19971201 > -should have Monday translation as the first item in the > -.I day > -list. > +See NOTES. > .TP > .IR first_weekday " (since glibc 2.2)" > followed by the number of the first day from the > @@ -1041,6 +1034,7 @@ corresponds to either Sunday or Monday depending > on the value of the second > .I week > list item. > +See NOTES. > .TP > .IR first_workday " (since glibc 2.2)" > followed by the number of the first working day from the > @@ -1048,6 +1042,7 @@ followed by the number of the first working day from the > list. > The default value is > .BR 2 . > +See NOTES. > .TP > .I cal_direction > .\" from localedata/locales/uk_UA > @@ -1080,6 +1075,50 @@ Usual default locale archive location. > .TP > .I /usr/share/i18n/locales > Usual default path for locale definition files. > +.SH NOTES > +The collective GNU C library community wisdom regarding > +.IR abday , > +.IR day , > +.IR week , > +.IR first_weekday , > +and > +.I first_workday > +states at > +https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Locales > +the following: > +.PP > +The value of the second > +.I week > +list item specifies the base of the > +.I abday > +and > +.I day > +lists. > +.PP > +.I first_weekday > +specifies the offset of the first day-of-week in the > +.I abday > +and > +.I day > +lists. > +.PP > +For compatibility reasons, all glibc locales should set the value of the > +second > +.I week > +list item to > +.B 19971130 > +(Sunday) and base the > +.I abday > +and > +.I day > +lists appropriately, and set > +.I first_weekday > +to > +.B 1 > +or > +.BR 2 , > +depending on whether the week actually starts on Sunday or Monday > +for the locale. > .SH CONFORMING TO > POSIX.2, ISO/IEC TR 14652. > .SH BUGS > -- > 1.7.1 > > Thanks, > > -- > Marko Myllynen -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
