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| author | Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk> | 2011-08-31 14:51:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk> | 2011-08-31 14:51:06 +0100 |
| commit | 43c6b706eae7899eff9414f3bbb9e5ef095a07fd (patch) | |
| tree | 0ac8effe06e6f40198ff228db6e494eab2432e7c /cpan/Locale-Codes/lib/Locale/Codes.pod | |
| parent | 3638bf155130331f9a06eff9132885b5f244890f (diff) | |
| download | perl-43c6b706eae7899eff9414f3bbb9e5ef095a07fd.tar.gz | |
Updated Locale-Codes to CPAN version 3.18
[DELTA]
VERSION 3.18 (2011-08-31)
NEW CODE(s)
No longer use CIA data
The CIA world added non-standard values, so I no longer use it as a source of data. Based on a report by Michiel Beijen.
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cpan/Locale-Codes/lib/Locale/Codes.pod b/cpan/Locale-Codes/lib/Locale/Codes.pod index d30de20ac4..5f39258dce 100644 --- a/cpan/Locale-Codes/lib/Locale/Codes.pod +++ b/cpan/Locale-Codes/lib/Locale/Codes.pod @@ -124,11 +124,15 @@ Ideally, I'd only get data from an official source, but sometimes that is not possible. For example the ISO standards are not typically available for free, so I may have to get some of that data from alternate sources that I'm confident are getting their data from the -official source. +official source. However, I will always be hesitant to accept a +non-official source. -As an example, I get some country data from the CIA World +As an example, I used to get some country data from the CIA World Factbook. Given the nature of the source, I'm sure they're updating data from the official sources and I consider it "nearly" official. +However, even in this case, I found that they were adding codes that +were not part of the standard, so I have stopped using them as a +source. There are many 3rd party sites which maintain lists (many of which are actually in a more convenient form than the official sites). @@ -187,10 +191,11 @@ alias "North Korea" since that's a very common way to specify the country (please don't request this... I've already added it). On the other hand, a request to add Zaire as an alias for "Congo, The -Democratic Republic of" may not be honored. The country's official -name is not Zaire, so adding it as an alias violates the standard. +Democratic Republic of" will not be honored. The country's official +name is no longer Zaire, so adding it as an alias violates the standard. Zaire was kept as an alias in versions prior to 3.00, but it has been removed. Other aliases (if any) which no longer appear in any standard +(and which are not common variations of the name in the standards) have also been removed. =head1 SEE ALSO |