GNU bug report logs - #18085
libc locales moved to separate package

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Package: guix;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: libc locales moved to separate package
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:45:47 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
The ‘locales’ output of libc is huge, and contains way more locale data
than anyone needs.

We should follow roughly what other distros do, that is:

  • Provide just 1 or 2 locales by default, in the ‘locales’ output (say
    en_US.utf8 and en_US.iso88591).

  • Add a parametric package that builds the specified locales, which
    users can choose to install and add to their $LOCPATH.

The big ‘locale-archive’ will actually be ignored when $LOCPATH is set,
as per locale/findlocale.c:


[Message part 2 (text/x-csrc, inline)]
  /* We really have to load some data.  First we try the archive,
     but only if there was no LOCPATH environment variable specified.  */
  if (__glibc_likely (locale_path == NULL))
    {
      struct __locale_data *data
	= _nl_load_locale_from_archive (category, name);

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]
Ludo’.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Reply sent to ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès):
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:37:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 18085-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18085: libc locales moved to separate package
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:36:16 +0200

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> The ‘locales’ output of libc is huge, and contains way more locale data
> than anyone needs.

This was done in Nov. 2014, commit 97e1120.

Ludo’.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 19 May 2015 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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