Bug#297742: locales: Locale en_DK should be included by default (ISO-8601 support)

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 05:37:38PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: locales
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-20
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Many Debian machines don't have the en_DK locale installed. This
> locale is important to have ISO-8601 date format in applications
> that use the locales.  So, it should be included by default in the
> generated locales.  Alternatively, there could be some specific locale
> named "ISO8601" or something like that.

That does not make sense, applications do not need any locale to write
dates in the formats described in ISO 8601.  Using locales for this
task will cause trouble (e.g. if LC_ALL is set) without benefit.

Denis