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  2. JDK-4486664

RFE: ResourceBundle should fall back from zh_HK to zh_TW instead of to zh

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    • solaris_9, 1.4.1
    • core-libs

      Need to fallback all java applications to zh_TW for zh_HK.UTF-8 locales instead
      of zh.

      java full version "1.4.0-beta_refresh-b67c"

      ###@###.### 2001-07-31

      The same as zh_HK.BIG5HK, we need to use zh_TW messages for all Java applications in both zh_HK.BIG5HK and zh_HK.UTF-8.

      Currently we have no plan to provide another set of Hong Kong specific messages because of the following reasons:

      1. zh_HK.* are traditional Chinese locales, not zh which is Simplified Chinese. We are sharing almost all of the other OS message files between zh_TW.BIG5 and zh_HK.BIG5HK, between zh_TW.UTF-8 and zh_HK.UTF-8, there are very few chances to have HKSCS specific messages.
      2. A new set of Java message files/packages will occupy more CD spaces and Disk Spaces and need much more engineering and testing efforts.
      3. we can provide zh_HK specific files/directories if there do have HongKong specific message files in the future.

      So, would you please change the JDK to try zh_HK directory, *_zh_HK.class and font.properties.zh_HK* first and if no zh_HK is found, fallback to zh_TW, *_zh_TW.class?

            okutsu Masayoshi Okutsu
            duke J. Duke
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