Language subtag modification request: frr Suppres-Script Latn

Mark Davis mark.davis at icu-project.org
Sat Mar 11 03:43:58 CET 2006



Frank Ellermann wrote:
> Mark Davis wrote:
>
>   
>> It isn't really a critical matter at all.
>>     
>
> IBTD.  Existing fy-DE or fy-DK kludges could be migrated to 
>   
IRDLOA.
> frr (one hopes), frr-DE, frr-DK, frr-Latn-DE, or frr-Latn-DK.
>
> The Latn versions could cause trouble for legacy applications.
> So the best time to prevent this is now. 
>  
>   
>> if I know enough about frr to be using the tag, I'm not
>> going to be adding a Latn subtag on it.
>>     
>
> Webmasters updating fy-De (or similar) tagged content do not
> necessarily know what frr is.  Of course adding Suppress-Script
> Latn to fy is more critical, but my evidence covers only frr.
>   
I'm a webmaster. I see fy-DE. Where would I ever get the idea that I 
ought to add Latn to it?

I don't think this is going to occur in practice.
>                    Lever dod as slav, Frank
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