Yes! Thank you for bringing it up. I forgot to mention it in my original message.
We also removed `intl.locale.matchOS` and turned an empty `intl.locale.requested` to mean "use OS locales" [0]. zb. [0] https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/file/tip/intl/locale/LocaleService.cpp#l75 On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 03:15:06PM -0800, Zibi Braniecki (Gandalf) wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We just landed a major patch which replaces `general.useragent.locale` > pref > > with a new pref `intl.locale.requested`. > > > > Historically, `general.useragent.locale` has been widely used to set a > > locale for Firefox UI. > > > > This year, we introduced a full new API called > mozilla::intl::LocaleService > > which allows for setting and reading via setRequestedLocales and > > getRequestedLocales, respectively. > > > > Behind some linting and checking, the API still used > > `general.useragent.locale` which limited us due to the nature of the pref > > and how it stored data. > > > > With the change, we introduce a new pref - `intl.locale.requested`, which > > can be set in the same manner if needed, but can also handle a list of > > locales separated via `,` character and is validated to accept only > > well-formed BCP47 language tags [1] making our locale handling much more > > flexible and resilient. > > > > This is one of the last major changes in the grand rewrite of how Gecko > > handles locales and language negotiation. > > > > If you need to read/write the requested locales it is *highly* preferred > > that you use the (mozI)LocaleService API over reading/writing to the pref > > itself, but if you must, the code will be able to handle your change with > > grace. > > > > Over last months we removed all direct writes/reads of the pref, so I > hope > > there is nothing remaining, and we also introduced a migration code in > > nsBrowserGlue for 59 users, but if you happen to encounter a regression, > > please report it and CC me. > > > > If you have any questions about it, let me know! > > Any change wrt intl.locale.matchOS? > > Mike > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
