Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:50:04 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. Message-ID: <200909091950.n89Jo4As036069@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/138672; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:46:58 +0100 (BST) The list of countries in sysinstall are generated from src/share/misc/iso3166 which is based on the official ISO3166 list of countries found at http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_specific.htm provides justification for the use of this name by ISO. Please note that the first PR you cite, 68226, is actually requesting the country name be changed the other way: In FreeBSD 5.2.1, the country was named "Taiwan" in src/share/misc/iso3166 and that PR seems to be requesting that is be referred to as "Taiwan Province of China". However, I will leave this PR open, as it appears from the link you supplied that the Debian community at least have come to a clear consesnus on this and feel the country should be referred to as "Taiwan". I'm not in a position to decide either way. Gavin
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