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[Laurent Romary]

It does.
Laurent

Le 8 déc. 2011 à 22:51, Lou Burnard a écrit :

> On 08/12/11 21:42, Martin Holmes wrote:
>> After a bit more reading, I discovered that the list cited belongs to
>> RFC 5646, and RFC 5646 says this:
>> 
>> "This document replaces [RFC4646] (which obsoleted [RFC3066] which, in
>>     turn, replaced [RFC1766]).  This document, in combination with
>>     [RFC4647], comprises BCP 47.  For a list of changes in this document,
>>     see Section 8."
>> 
>> In other words, I believe that BCP 47 is still in force. The list of
>> subtags here, then:
>> 
>> <http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry>
>> 
>> is very convenient, and we should point to it, but I'm not sure how we
>> should modify the discussion around BCP 47 and the two ISO standards.
>> For the moment, given that we want to release soon, I'm inclined to do
>> the following:
>> 
>> 1. Fix bad values (already in progress).
>> 
>> 2. Add a sentence to the discussion in CH to the effect that "A useful
>> list of language subtags can be found at
>> <http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry>".
>> 
>> 3. Raise a ticket asking for a thoughtful revision of the discussion of
>> BCP 47 and its related RFCs and ISO standards.
>> 
>> Does that make sense?
> 
> 
> +1 from me
> 
> 
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Laurent Romary
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