Subject: Re: [bug#70280] [PATCH 2/5] system:‘operating-system-locale-definitions’ includes the OS’ locale.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:23:49 +0200

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:
>> * gnu/system.scm (<operating-system>)[locale-definitions]: Mark as
>> thunked.  Default to (operating-system-default-locale-definitions os).
>> (operating-system-default-locale-definitions): New procedure.
>> (operating-system-locale-directory): Remove logic to add the OS
>> ‘locale’, instead assuming (operating-system-locale-directory os) has
>> everything.
>> * doc/guix.texi (operating-system Reference): Adjust accordingly.
>
> This is a regression.  I have in my /run/current-system/configuration.scm
>
>  (locale "de_DE.utf8")
>  (locale-definitions
>   (cons* (locale-definition
>           (name "ar_SY.utf8") (source "ar_SY"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "bn_BD.utf8") (source "bn_BD"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "hu_HU.utf8") (source "hu_HU"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "ka_GE.utf8") (source "ka_GE"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "lt_LT.utf8") (source "lt_LT"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "oc_FR.utf8") (source "oc_FR"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "pt_BR.utf8") (source "pt_BR"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "si_LK.utf8") (source "si_LK"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "sk_SK.utf8") (source "sk_SK"))
>          (locale-definition
>           (name "sr_RS.utf8") (source "sr_RS"))
>          %default-locale-definitions))
>
> but de_DE.utf8 is not available and
> “export LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8” gives an error.

Right.

I would call it a semantic change rather than a regression (a feature
rather than a bug :-)).

It’s more in line with what we’re doing elsewhere: the default is to
include ‘locale’ in the locale definitions, but we let the user override
that if they wish.

Perhaps we should at least clarify the manual?

Ludo’.