Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:30:05 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Konrad Jankowski <konrad.jankowski@bluemedia.pl>, Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.ORG>, K?vesd?n G?bor <gabor@t-hosting.hu>, "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.ORG>, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Subject: Re: CFT: BSD-licensed grep [Fwd: cvs commit: ports/textproc/bsdgrep Makefile distinfo] Message-ID: <48598C6D.4040102@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <86zlpjduew.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <4855EDFE.3010708@FreeBSD.org> <86bq211rqw.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080617002224.GA16122@nagual.pp.ru> <20080617002808.GB16122@nagual.pp.ru> <20080617004647.GA16546@nagual.pp.ru> <48576610.9080808@FreeBSD.org> <48577510.4020007@aueb.gr> <48577BD2.4070205@bluemedia.pl> <20080617102900.GA46479@nagual.pp.ru> <485798C4.2050605@FreeBSD.org> <20080618055851.GA85018@nagual.pp.ru> <86zlpjduew.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes: >> "BSD sort" as an idea will be a good project indeed, but "BSD sort" >> implementation we currently have at hand is totally misleading and should >> be rewritten from the scratch, I realize it when long time ago I try to >> localize it for single byte locales. > > I think part of the problem is that there aren't enough people who truly > understand localization. I think I understand most of it, but I'm > pretty sure I *don't* understand how collation works, or is supposed to > work. Amongst other things, I don't understand how (or whether) it > handles cases like "aa" and "å", which are considered the same letter in > Norwegian. > > Perhaps you could create a Localization page on wiki.freebsd.org which > addresses these issues, or at least points to relevant resources? Good regression test suite which would include cases in different single and multi-byte locates for grep/sort/etc could also be a big help. Regards, -- Maksym Sobolyev Sippy Software, Inc. Internet Telephony (VoIP) Experts T/F: +1-646-651-1110 Web: http://www.sippysoft.com
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