<i18n dev> RFR: 8303039: Utilize `coverageLevels.txt`

Wed Mar 1 23:14:09 UTC 2023

On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 23:02:06 GMT, Steven R. Loomis <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is a pre-requisite for supporting CLDR v43, where they combine `seeds` locales with `common` locales (https://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-43#h.7s25aqdv767e). In order to have the same coverage level of locales, CLDRConverter tool needs to comb through the locale files based on the `coverageLevels.txt` file, (and the ones we already included as of v42). Confirmed the same set of locales is generated before and after this modification.
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> make/data/cldr/common/properties/coverageLevels.txt line 2:
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>> 1: #	coverageLevels.txt
>> 2: #	Copyright © 2022 Unicode, Inc.
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> older version?

is this from the alpha2 drop? or v42's?

> make/jdk/src/classes/build/tools/cldrconverter/OtherCommonLocales.properties line 140:
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>> 138: 
>> 139: # Not listed, but existed
>> 140: sr-Latn=Serbian (Latin)
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> [CLDR-16449](https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/CLDR-16449)

you might want to give yourself a task to periodically review this file.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12812