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Re: [PATCH] Collation fix: make forward accent sorting the default [BZ #17750]
- From: Mike FABIAN <mfabian at redhat dot com>
- To: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:40:04 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Collation fix: make forward accent sorting the default [BZ #17750]
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Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com> wrote:
> Updated version of Alexandre Oliva’s patch to make forward accent
> sorting the default.
committed.
> The only locale which currently needs backward accents sorting is fr_CA.
> Therefore, forward accents sorting should be the default.
>
> Before this patch, backwards accent sorting was the default and all
> locales except fr_CA had to use
>
> define DIACRIT_FORWARD
>
> before
>
> copy "iso14651_t1"
>
> Most locales didn’t do that and thus got the inappropriate backwards accents sorting
> by accident. Now only the fr_CA locale needs to use
>
> define DIACRIT_BACKWARD
>
> before
>
> copy "iso14651_t1"
>
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Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>