866742 - Inconsistent capitalization in accept languages

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Internationalization, defect)

Description

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

https://mxr.mozilla.org/l10n-central/search?string=intl.accept_languages

Shows a great deal of inconsistency in locale naming.

Some are xx-xx and some are xx-XX.

We should be consistent in our locale naming.

Comment 1

[Gordon P. Hemsley [:GPHemsley]]

intl.accept_languages doesn't list locales, it lists language tags, and language tags are case-insensitive.

Each value is set by the individual locale, and locales have generally based this using the en-US value as a model. The en-US value used lowercase until only recently, so many of those values are lowercase.

The en-US value changed to use uppercase region subtags in bug 723609. That bug also brought with it a number of localization note improvements to help guide locales in choosing a good value for this setting.

Most locales have not updated their value for intl.accept_languages in years, even after these changes. I'm not sure it's particularly important to have an outside party go in and do it for them—at least, not simply for the sake of consistent capitalization.

Comment 2

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

So close as WONTFIX then?

Comment 3

[Gordon P. Hemsley [:GPHemsley]]

(In reply to Michael Kaply (mkaply) from comment #2)
> So close as WONTFIX then?

That's probably best.