On 2014-07-23 14:11, Don Schoeman wrote: > Although the official format for currency specifies that a "," > (comma) be used as decimal seperator the same rule does not apply to > standard numbers.
Is there an official source supporting your claim that a dot should be used as the decimal separator in non-currency numbers? But please note that this is more complicated. The upstream en_ZA locale actually uses dot as the decimal separator for both currency and numbers. The Ubuntu version of the locale is affected of the attached patch, which was applied as a solution of bug #887395. ** Patch added: "ubuntu-en_ZA-decimal.patch.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1090288/+attachment/4161020/+files/ubuntu-en_ZA-decimal.patch.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to langpack-locales in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090288 Title: The locale file for en_ZA appears to have an error Status in “langpack-locales” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I suspect there is a problem with the locale for South Africa. The locale file for en_ZA located in /usr/share/i18n/locales has the following settings: LC_Monetary ..... % "." mon_decimal_point "<U002C>" % "," mon_thousands_sep "<U00A0>" mon_grouping 3;3 positive_sign "" .... LC_NUMERIC % "." decimal_point "<U002C>" % "," thousands_sep "<U00A0>" grouping 3;3 END LC_NUMERIC - Unicode character <U002C> is for a comma "," and not a full stop "." It should be <U002E> - Unicode character <U00A0> is for a non-breaking space " " and not a comma "," . If it's meant to be a comma it should be <U002C> South Africa is on the metric system and uses a "." for decimal places. The above issue results in the regional settings having a comma in the decimal place and causes a number of errors when trying to use other software packages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/1090288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
