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Bug#511357: Be careful with #511357



On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:08:37PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:12:25AM +0100, Jörgen Grahn wrote:
> > I was unaware that SAOL was normative for collation order (it's barely
> > normative as a dictionary). I can well imagine them choosing to split
> > out 'w' for the purpose of their dictionary, without claiming that
> > this is the all-purpose sv_SE collation rule.
> 
> David, thoughts?

True, SAOL isn't normative for collation order.  Howver, claiming that
SAOL is anything but normative as *the* dictionary for sv_SE
is, pardon the expression, pure bullshit.  The only other dictionary
that has anything close to the same bearing on the Swedish language is
SAOB, and that one is purely for historical purposes[1].

Anyway, there seem to be agreement on the tp-sv list that the change in
SAOL is indicative of a change in collation order, and I was not the
person who started the thread and suggested the change (I just reported
it to Debian).

The tp-sv list has moved recently though, and I cannot seem to find a
list archive for the new list (though I guess/hope you're already
subscribed to that list Jörgen, and that you'll voice your dissent there
as well?).


Regards: David

[1] There are several *specialised* dictionaries for narrow fields, such
as the word lists published by Tekniska nomenklaturcentralen, etc., but
no other full dictionary.
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