[OT] RE: Republic of Moldova

[Phillips, Addison]

Observation: this is a topic for LTRU rather than this list.

Addison

Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect -- Lab126

Internationalization is not a feature.
It is an architecture.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lang Gérard [mailto:gerard.lang at insee.fr]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:35 PM
> To: Phillips, Addison; Doug Ewell; ietf-languages at iana.org
> Cc: Lang Gérard
> Subject: RE: Republic of Moldova
> 
> Dear Addison,
> Dear Doug,
> I agree.
> Nevertheless, this question had to be laid down.
> Amicalement.
> Gérard LANG
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Phillips, Addison [mailto:addison at amazon.com]
> Envoyé : lundi 20 octobre 2008 17:42
> À : Lang Gérard; Doug Ewell; ietf-languages at iana.org
> Objet : RE: Republic of Moldova
> 
> You have to read the stability section: there are potential cases
> where this would not be appropriate (where the description changes
> incompatibly). Not everything permitted--or even desirable--has to
> be obligatory.
> 
> Addison
> 
> Addison Phillips
> Globalization Architect -- Lab126
> 
> Internationalization is not a feature.
> It is an architecture.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lang Gérard [mailto:gerard.lang at insee.fr]
> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:25 AM
> > To: Phillips, Addison; Doug Ewell; ietf-languages at iana.org; Lang
> > Gérard
> > Subject: RE: Republic of Moldova
> >
> > Dear Addison,
> >
> > If really RFC 4646 certainly encourages such changes, why not let
> this
> > become mandatory inside RFC 4646 bis ?
> > Amicalement.
> > Gérard LANG
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Phillips, Addison [mailto:addison at amazon.com] Envoyé : lundi
> 20
> > octobre 2008 17:20 À : Lang Gérard; Doug Ewell;
> > ietf-languages at iana.org Objet : RE: Republic of Moldova
> >
> > > As such a change is mandatory for us, ISO 3166/MA will soon
> > publish a
> > > 3166-1 Newsletter VI-4 about this change.
> >
> > Actually, they're not.
> >
> > RFC 4646 only requires us to track and deal with *new* code
> > assignments by UN M.49 and ISO 3166-1.
> >
> > It is a Good Thing to update the official name in the record and
> RFC
> > 4646 certainly encourages such changes. But they are not part of
> the
> > mandatory list of things that must be done. Note that anyone may
> > request the update to the record using the registration process.
> >
> > Addison