<i18n dev> [9] RFR: 8042126: DateTimeFormatter "MMMMM" returns English value in Japanese locale

[Masayoshi Okutsu]

Strictly speaking, this is an incompatible change from 8.0, but looks 
like those locales that don't have narrow month names expect the numbers 
rather than the English ones.

Masayoshi

On 9/26/2014 1:12 AM, Naoto Sato wrote:
> Could it cause regressions in other locales, which has been expecting 
> English narrow month names?
>
> Naoto
>
> On 9/25/14, 2:08 AM, Masayoshi Okutsu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please review the fix for narrow month names support. The narrow names,
>> typically one letter names, are derived from the CLDR data. But there
>> are some semantic differences between the legacy JDK localization and
>> CLDR. The root resources have English names in JDK, but those are
>> language neutral in CLDR. I changed JDK resources to follow the CLDR
>> convention. Also I added test data for narrow month names of all 
>> locales.
>>
>> bug:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042126
>>
>> wevrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~okutsu/9/8042126/webrev.00/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Masayoshi