44063 - language pref- the region code is lower case while it should be upper case

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect, P3)

Description

[Frank Tang]

According to RFC 1766 ( http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1766.html )
and ISO 3166 ( http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso3166.txt ) the
region code of the language code should be in upper case. However, we currently
use lower case. We should correct this so we meet the standard/RFC.

Comment 1

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

I supplied jbetak with the revised & expanded "regionNames.properties"
file not so long ago. In that file, all iso-3066 names
are in uppercase. The plan was for juraj to to check this file in 
but this has not happened yet. 
I can attach that file on this report if that is desired.

Comment 2

[Peter "jag" Annema]

From RFC 1766:

NOTE: The ISO 639/ISO 3166 convention is that language names are
      written in lower case, while country codes are written in upper case.
      This convention is recommended, but not enforced; the tags are case
      insensitive.

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It seems there are a two files which need fixing:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/intl/locale/src/language.properties
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/global/resources/locale/en-US/regio
nNames.properties

Comment 3

[Scott MacGregor]

*** Bug 44559 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[Frank Tang]

It seems that I am WRONG. the tag is "case insenstive" and are not "enforced".
so... do we NEED to change it to upper case ?
Should I invalid this bug ?
momoi- please attache your file anyway

Comment 5

[Katsuhiko Momoi]

Frank, this is the very point jbetak and I discussed.
Code internally, we don't distinguish between upper and lower 
cases for Lang & Region codes. The only thing that matters is that 
if we send out such information to the net, we do so 
following the lower and upper case conventions of 
Language and Regions codes.

There is another bug which requests addition of 2 Norwegian
locales. That would be the best place to attach the files I have
in mind. In these files -- though it does not matter, I plan to
follow uppercase and lowercase conventions -- just so that knowledgeable
people don't raise this type of issue in the future.

Comment 6

[Frank Tang]

mark this bug as invalid since the RFC 1766 said
This convention is recommended, but not enforced; the tags are case
      insensitive

Comment 7

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