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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    RE: Macedonia
From:       Xenitellis S <S.Xenitellis () rhbnc ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2000-07-06 18:33:00
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> ----------
> From: 	Danko Ilik[SMTP:danko@mindless.com]
> Reply To: 	kde-i18n-doc@master.kde.org
> Sent: 	06 July 2000 15:37
> To: 	kde-i18n-doc
> Subject: 	Macedonia
> 
> #: kdebase/l10n/mk/entry.desktop:1
> msgid "Name=The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
> 
> on line 2858 in desktop.po should be
> 
> msgid "Name=Macedonia"
> 
> It was just Macedonia in the the previous period, and somehow
> misteriously it got changed.
> 
The official name of the mentioned country (according to the UN) is
the one noted above, that is "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
There is a dispute between Greece and the mentioned country over the use 
of "Macedonia".

I do not want to get in the details since they are irrelevant to this list, 
my recommendation is to use the official name by the UN.

Lists of names included in software should follow standards. For example,
for two-letter language encoding, one would use the ISO-629-2 standard and
not define new languages just for the sake of the specific problem.

Thanks,
Simos Xenitellis

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