From: Curtis Clark (jcclark-lists@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 20:58:52 CST
On 2005-12-07 08:46, Mark Davis wrote:
> CLDR is not in the business of trying to make policy; it is aimed at
> reflecting current customary practice for the language/locale in question.
Agreed, but when the customary practice is ambivalent and in the midst
of change, and especially (as was noted) because the US locale is widely
installed and not widely modified, there is no way that CLDR can be
truly neutral. Whichever is picked will almost certainly shift the balance.
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