Language subtag modification request: frr Suppres-Script Latn

[Debbie Garside]

Doug

I thought this was happening anyway!  I thought there was a discussion on
LTRU in relation to this?

In any case... it would be most useful.

Debbie Garside

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Sent: 11 March 2006 18:02
> To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: Re: Language subtag modification request: frr Suppres-Script Latn
> 
> Frank Ellermann <nobody at xyzzy dot claranet dot de> wrote:
> 
> > Missing the opportunity to add a comment to "fy" that this
> > was formerly known as "Frisian"...  sigh, that's too late
> > now, sorry.  But it's a god example why adding additional
> > info to the raw input data can make sense, modifying it
> > later in a second step would be unnecessary bureaucracy -
> > I certainly won't request an appropriate comment for "fy".
> 
> I hadn't thought of that.  Does anyone else agree that when a change in
> the Description field is made, based on a change in the corresponding
> ISO standard, it would be useful to add a Comments field indicating the
> previous name?  Would this help users?  Comments invited.
> 
> This would, indeed, reintroduce the concept of a review period for
> ISO-based additions and changes, though only on that question -- the
> question of whether to add or change the subtag at all would still not
> be open.
> 
> --
> Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California, USA
> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
> 
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