<i18n dev> [8] Review request for JEP 127: Improve Locale Data Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data

[Steven R. Loomis]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Masayoshi Okutsu <
masayoshi.okutsu at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> Thanks for your comments. Finally we are getting comments on the i18n
> part. :-)


You're welcome!


>  On 8/14/2012 1:58 PM, Steven R. Loomis wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>   Some questions,
>>
>>   - Is there a reason that a new parser was written, rather than leverage
>> the existing CLDR tools (which are themselves written in Java)?  (I've
>> already suggested discussion with the CLDR-TC.. I know I've been
>> personally
>> more than a bit sparse, but, you know where we 'live')
>>
>
> The parser isn't new actually. It's been used to maintain JRE locale data
> for years. I've been just extending the existing parser.


The question could still apply years ago. Was it considered to use
org.unicode.cldr.util classes?



>    - It's incorrect to specifically open, for example,
>> common/supplemental/**numberingSystems.xml
>> ( NUMBERING_SOURCE_FILE ) . You should not rely on the specific
>> organization. See Appendix C of TR35, however, I filed
>> http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/**ticket/5189<http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/5189>to clarify the situation.
>>
>
> The parser is a build-time tool, not for runtime, which allows us to deal
> with CLDR changes. Actually TR#35 isn't stable. Right?
>

I don't understand what you mean.  At build time, you should not expect
there to be a particular "numberingSystems.xml" file. All
of common/supplemental/* should be read together.

TR#35 is actually fairly stable, and we follow a very careful stability
policy. The vast majority of changes are simply adding new data, or new
structure that could otherwise be ignored.


> Thanks,
> Masayoshi
>
>
>
>> More later when I get a chance, but definitely good work here.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>>
>>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Please review the JDK8 changes for JEP 127: Improve Locale Data
>> Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data
>> (http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/**127 <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/127>).
>> The webrev is located at:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**naoto/6336885/webrev.00/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~naoto/6336885/webrev.00/>
>>
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