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langpack-locales package

Name of the language spoken in Bangladesh

Bug #1070581 reported by Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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langpack-locales (Ubuntu)
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson

Bug Description

When querying nl_langinfo() for the language name of bn_BD.UTF-8, it outputs the string "BengaliBangla", which of course looks a little weird. The source file locales/bn_BD states the language "Bengali/Bangla" with a slash.

A better name would be just "Bangla", since that's the official name of the language spoken in Bangladesh, and the native Bangla speakers seems to prefer it; please see bug #991002. The iso-codes package will soon provide translations of the name "Bangla", bug AFAIK noone provides translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla".

But at least the bn_BD locale should be corrected so nl_langinfo() returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash.

Two alternative patches have been attached to this bug report. One just escapes the slash ("Bengali//Bangla") to address the slash issue. The other patch changes the language in both bn_BD and bn_IN to Bangla. I involve bn_IN, since it's confusing in e.g. lists of locales that two locales use different English names for the same language.

Please pick the patch that fits best. ;-)

Let's talk about possible forwarding upstream when it has been decided which route to take.

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Tags: patch
Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :
affects: eglibc (Ubuntu) → langpack-locales (Ubuntu)
Changed in langpack-locales (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
status: New → In Progress
description: updated
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :
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tags: added: patch
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In , Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

The current language key for bn_BD is "Bengali/Bangla" and for bn_ID it's "Bengali". Apparently, Bengali is an older colonial word. Whereas Bangla is the more modern and official version. It's widely used in the English-speaking world too (UN, BBC, Windows 8).

I'm passing this along from an Ubuntu report. I myself am not well versed in the naming issue. See https://launchpad.net/bugs/991002 and https://launchpad.net/bugs/1070581

(At the least, the slash in "Bengali/Bangla" needs to be escaped, but changing the name to not need a slash is preferrable.)

Patch coming.

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Much like bug 991002, this is a situation where Ubuntu would not enjoy getting ahead of its upstream (in this case, glibc). I've filed a bug and will file a patch (attributed to you) with them: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14925

Once they fix it upstream, Ubuntu will have to sync that localedata into langpack-locales.

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In , Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

Created attachment 6774
Proposed patch

Patch by Gunnar Hjalmarsson.

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Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :

I've unsubscribed the reviewers and sponsors teams for now, since there's nothing to do until we hear back from upstream. Thanks Gunnar for your patient advocacy here!

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Changed in glibc:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Yeah, you simply need to learn patience to make a difference in large projects or organisations. ;-)

Thanks a lot for the upstream forwarding, Mike. I wasn't sure who was upstream in this case.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
Changed in langpack-locales (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package langpack-locales - 2.13+git20120306-5

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langpack-locales (2.13+git20120306-5) raring; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/ubuntu-bn-language.patch: Use the official name Bangla
    for the language spoken in Bangladesh (LP: #991002, LP: #1070581).
 -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <email address hidden> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:32:38 +0100

Changed in langpack-locales (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in glibc:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Changed in glibc:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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