Instead of arguing what's missing from the current snapshot, we should continue the discussion on framing a agreed policy.
Thanks. On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Irvin Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > Because it's what we currently used for our products. > And anyone can file a bug on bugzilla to fix those problem you mentioned, > in the mean time other project can adopt it without go through all hesitate > & resolving argues for ISO 3166 all again. > > > > > 2015-06-09 17:52 GMT+08:00 Gijs Kruitbosch <[email protected]>: > >> Why is this a "good" list? This doesn't have an entry for Kosovo, nor for >> South Sudan, nor for the most recent incarnation of the various Netherlands >> Antilles (it still has "Netherlands Antilles" which is no longer a nation >> state entity) >> >> ~ Gijs >> >> On 09/06/2015 10:02, Irvin Chen wrote: >> >>> Just learned that we have already a good list for Country/Region for >>> product. >>> Please use this instead of ISO3166 and make it into a L10n policy! >>> >>> 1) >>> http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/regionNames.properties >>> 2) http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/libs/product-details/regions/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2015-06-09 15:27 GMT+08:00 Irvin Chen <[email protected]>: >>> >>> I'd notice that recently, more and more new Mozilla website came exist >>>> with this problematic ISO3166 problem. >>>> >>>> For example, >>>> >>>> Mozilla Location Service >>>> https://location.services.mozilla.com/stats/countries >>>> >>>> Shape of the Web >>>> https://shapeoftheweb.mozilla.org/access/speed >>>> >>>> >>>> We Do Need to set a policy (similar to FreeBSD one *1) for Mozilla >>>> widely, >>>> or we will have to face all the problem again and again, >>>> once every new Mozilla website come alive. >>>> >>>> Here is also a better list for country/region entity name to use along >>>> with country code from ISO3166, >>>> http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.html >>>> >>>> *1 https://www.freebsd.org/internal/i18n.html >>>> >>>> >>>> 2015-06-05 15:16 GMT+08:00 Tim Guan-tin Chien <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> bump.....? any update on this? Should we move forward with an official >>>>> policy proposed here? >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Gervase Markham <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 23/05/15 21:40, Mike Hoye wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> - Defer to the ISO spec. We wash our hands of the matter, in other >>>>>>> words. This sends a very clear message to our community. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That's what we do now, right? This is the option with the disadvantage >>>>>> that residents of Kosovo, if required to pick a country, must pick >>>>>> either Serbia or Albania? >>>>>> >>>>>> - Use the ISO spec plus a bunch of extra rules we make up. Charitably, >>>>>>> >>>>>> I >>>>> >>>>>> will call this a very bad idea. We should absolutely not do this. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Would you put the FreeBSD policy into this category? >>>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/internal/i18n.html >>>>>> >>>>>> You may say there's a slippery slope, but if you start from the ISO >>>>>> spec, changing "Taiwan, Province of China" to simply "Taiwan" seems >>>>>> like >>>>>> an obvious and widely-adopted improvement, which removes offence from >>>>>> one set of people and (combined with a "Country or Region" label) does >>>>>> not offend anyone else. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is it really beyond our capabilities to figure out which rules fall >>>>>> into >>>>>> the category of "clear improvement" and which do not? >>>>>> >>>>>> - Make it a freeform text field and trust our people to exercise their >>>>>>> best judgement as members of the Mozilla community. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> (For completeness: I proposed a way to do this that wouldn't entirely >>>>>> break geographic search.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerv >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> governance mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> governance mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> @ irvinfly: community liaison >>>> moztw.org Mozilla Taiwan community >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> governance mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance >> > > > > -- > @ irvinfly: community liaison > moztw.org Mozilla Taiwan community > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
