From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 09:22:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EADD106566B; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juli@clockworksquid.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597938FC18; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juli@clockworksquid.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l9so775018rvb.43 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:22:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: juli@clockworksquid.com Received: by 10.142.251.15 with SMTP id y15mr31497wfh.213.1239960128052; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:22:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1239959410.10096.0.camel@srg.kevlo.org> References: <200904170801.n3H81Iho016111@svn.freebsd.org> <1239959410.10096.0.camel@srg.kevlo.org> From: Juli Mallett Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:21:53 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: a9d0b50b2b1ddc4f Message-ID: To: Kevin Lo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r191197 - head/share/misc X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:22:09 -0000 On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Kevin Lo wrote: > Juli Mallett wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Kevin Lo wrote: >> > Log: >> > Change Taiwan, Province of China to Taiwan, Republic of China >> > >> > Modified: >> > head/share/misc/iso3166 >> >> Do you have a source for this change? The ISO sites I've checked >> don't support it. For example: >> >> http://www.iso.org/iso/iso-3166-1_decoding_table >> >> And no obvious recent name change item on the "What's new?" page: >> >> http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/check_what_s_new.htm > > This is a highly political issue. You wouldn't like the US to be > referred to as "United States, province of Britain.". Indeed. However politics have no place in accurate representation of standards. The place to create such a change is at the ISO, rather than making FreeBSD inaccurate. Likewise, please do not change any standards-defined references to Mongolia to imply that it is a part of the Republic of China unless the standard involved says it is. If something isn't defined by a standards body, arguments of a political nature about the merit of the change might be relevant. In this case, the file's contents are to reflect ISO reality, not any other reality. Juli.