Il venerdì 13 febbraio 2009 12:50:25 Eike Rathke ha scritto:
> Hi Valter,
>
> On Thursday, 2009-02-12 19:07:29 +0100, Valter Mura wrote:
> > - I submit an Enhancement issue in l10n subcomponent i18npool, stating
> > _sc-IT_ as [xxx-YY] (ISO 639-1 exists for Sardinian
>
> It ('sc') is a Macrolanguage code though, which means it encompasses
> several specific Sardinian languages, see
> http://sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp?order=reference_name&letter=s
>
> Which of the listed Sardinian languages are we talking about?
>
> sro Sardinian, Campidanese
> sdn Sardinian, Gallurese
> src Sardinian, Logudorese
> sdc Sardinian, Sassarese
All these languages are variants, that's to say dialects inside the Sardinian
territory. We are checking now if we need to use a "Macrocode" for that such
as "sc", see below.
>
> And what would a plain 'sc' or 'srd' if encountered most likely map to?
>
> However, 'sc' is the Calc spreadsheet application (just kidding ;-)
> anyway, a native-lang domain sc.oo.o could not be used.
I think this is a problem. The ISO 639-1 is clear.
Is it possible to use "srd" as stated by 639-2 and -3?
>
> > but ISO 3166-1 doesn't, so I
> > suppose that I have to state IT, Italian, as "country").
>
> Yes.
Ok
>
> > - I DO NOT state CTL and RTL, due to its romance origin.
> > - I HAVE NOT FOUND, sadly, that the Microsoft locale identifier (LCID) is
> > not present for Sardinian, so I cannot state one.
>
> No problem, I assign IDs in the user space if MS didn't.
Ok
>
> > After that, if I understood well, I need to create a _new locale data_ to
> > be able to fully support Sardinian as a locale, including number formats
> > and calendar data, and having it selectable as default document language.
> > For this step I surely need some help more...
>
> See
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/How_to_submit_new_Locale_Data
thank you.
>
> > Does this involve also spellchecker and hyphenation?
>
> No, locale data and spell-checker are independent from each other.
>
> > Are all steps mentioned above correct? May I proceed with the issue?
>
> Once we clarified the "which Sardinian" mentioned above, yes, please.
> Did you already send a signed SCA? See
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sun_Contributor_Agreement
I already sent a SCA to Sun but I do not know if it suits well for this new
project.
Thanks and regards,
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