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[Bug localedata/16095] glibc should build an uz_UZ.UTF-8 locale, not only the Latin1 locales uz_UZ uz_UZ.iso88591


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16095

--- Comment #4 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to joseph@codesourcery.com from comment #2)
> It's generally expected that any new locale will just be <locale>, using 
> UTF-8, not <locale>.UTF-8 (that is, <locale>.UTF-8 is only, or at least 
> primarily, for cases where <locale> is a pre-existing non-UTF-8 locale).

(In reply to Chris Leonard from comment #3)
> (In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #1)
> > Chris,
> > 
> > What are your thoughts on this? Should we be globally using UTF-8 for all
> > the locales we put in SUPPORTED? It seems like everyone wants a UTF-8 locale
> > these days.
> 
> I am a big fan of UTF-8 whereever it can be used (as a general rule).

In this case given the existing locale, and that most people want a UTF-8
locale, is there any reason not to enable Uzbek in UTF8?

I figure add it to SUPPORTED, and then check that it installs without error
encoded as UTF-8 and then check it in?

Am I missing anything else?

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