Activity log for bug #1070581

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-10-23 22:28:46 Gunnar Hjalmarsson bug added bug
2012-10-23 22:31:43 Gunnar Hjalmarsson 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 localedata/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. But at least the code should be corrected so nl_langinfo() returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash. 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 localedata/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 hopefully provide translations of the name "Bangla" soon. AFAIK noone provides translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla". But at least the code should be corrected so nl_langinfo() returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash.
2012-10-24 18:22:41 Gunnar Hjalmarsson affects eglibc (Ubuntu) langpack-locales (Ubuntu)
2012-10-24 18:22:41 Gunnar Hjalmarsson langpack-locales (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2012-10-24 18:22:41 Gunnar Hjalmarsson langpack-locales (Ubuntu): assignee Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
2012-10-24 18:23:02 Gunnar Hjalmarsson bug added subscriber Martin Pitt
2012-10-24 18:23:44 Gunnar Hjalmarsson 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 localedata/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 hopefully provide translations of the name "Bangla" soon. AFAIK noone provides translations of the string "Bengali/Bangla". But at least the code should be corrected so nl_langinfo() returns the string "Bengali/Bangla" including the slash. 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.
2012-10-24 18:25:30 Gunnar Hjalmarsson attachment added ubuntu-bn_BD.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1070581/+attachment/3412189/+files/ubuntu-bn_BD.patch
2012-10-24 18:25:57 Gunnar Hjalmarsson attachment added ubuntu-bn-language.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1070581/+attachment/3412190/+files/ubuntu-bn-language.patch
2012-10-24 20:21:13 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags patch
2012-10-24 20:21:19 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2012-10-25 05:04:47 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2012-10-25 07:46:51 Robie Basak bug added subscriber Robie Basak
2012-12-06 22:05:18 Michael Terry bug watch added http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14925
2012-12-06 22:05:26 Michael Terry bug task added glibc
2012-12-06 22:20:22 Michael Terry removed subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2012-12-06 22:20:24 Michael Terry removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2012-12-06 22:21:22 Michael Terry bug added subscriber Michael Terry
2012-12-06 22:25:47 Bug Watch Updater glibc: status Unknown Confirmed
2012-12-06 22:25:47 Bug Watch Updater glibc: importance Unknown Medium
2013-02-02 09:40:35 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~gunnarhj/ubuntu/raring/langpack-locales/bangla
2013-02-02 10:05:05 Gunnar Hjalmarsson langpack-locales (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2013-02-04 16:33:28 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/langpack-locales
2013-02-04 17:31:13 Launchpad Janitor langpack-locales (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released
2013-02-04 17:38:32 Gunnar Hjalmarsson removed subscriber Gunnar Hjalmarsson
2017-07-05 22:19:32 Bug Watch Updater glibc: status Confirmed Incomplete
2017-09-10 11:57:34 Bug Watch Updater glibc: status Incomplete Fix Released