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On 2015-09-27T02:10:34+00:00 Garydean-5 wrote:

Created attachment 8636
Indonesian Engilsh locale file (en_ID)

The Indonesian Open Technology Foundation (Yatti) supports the
development of an English for Indonesia locale for Linux (en_ID).

While English is not widely spoken in Indonesia as a proportion of its
total population, it is still used widely in business and the
professions and by the urban middle class.

Probably 3-5% of Indonesia's 255 million people use English on a daily
basis (~, or three times the English-speaking population of Singapore.

The en_ID locale conforms to Indonesian standards relating to country
codes, currency, time and date formats.

Combinatorial locales present unsatisfactory compromises and lead to
inconsistency across systems within the country, creating confusion.

There is no satisfactory combination of existing locales (eg, en_US
language with id_ID region) that accommodate English language and region
settings.

The en_ID locale is currently used in the Ubuntu Indonesia desktop
distro.

Reference version of the en_ID locale file is located at
http://yatti.id/en_ID/en_ID

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On 2015-09-27T22:53:48+00:00 Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:

Patch sent to mailing list:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-locales/2015-q3/msg00217.html

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1492568/comments/9

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On 2025-06-27T01:00:22+00:00 Garydean-5 wrote:

Subject: Update on en_ID locale submission

Hello,

I'm following up on this locale submission from 2015. I would like to
resubmit the en_ID locale with significant updates and stronger
justification.

Since the original submission:

1. The locale has been actively maintained and tested by users
2. Indonesia's English-speaking population has grown significantly
3. The locale has been updated to current glibc standards

Key updates:
- Now inherits LC_MESSAGES from en_SG (instead of en_GB) for regional consistency
- Comprehensive test suite added
- All locale categories verified against current glibc requirements
- Successfully tested on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04

Current justification:
- Indonesia's population: 280+ million (up from 250M in 2015)
- Major tech sector growth with multiple unicorns (Gojek, Tokopedia, etc.)
- Increased English usage in business and remote work post-COVID
- ASEAN economic integration driving English adoption
- Estimated 10-15 million daily English users (5%+ of population)

The updated locale is maintained at:
https://github.com/Open-Technology-Foundation/en_ID

I will be submitting an updated patch to the libc-locales mailing list
shortly. The locale has been field-tested and is ready for inclusion in
glibc.

Would it be appropriate to reuse this bug for the v2 submission, or
should I open a new bug?

Thank you for your consideration.

Gary Dean
Yayasan Teknologi Terbuka Indonesia

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On 2025-06-27T02:19:04+00:00 Carlos-0 wrote:

(In reply to Gary Dean from comment #2)
> The updated locale is maintained at:
> https://github.com/Open-Technology-Foundation/en_ID

Thank you!

(1) The current patch lacks this disclaimer:

% This file is part of the GNU C Library and contains locale data.
% The Free Software Foundation does not claim any copyright interest
% in the locale data contained in this file.  The foregoing does not
% affect the license of the GNU C Library as a whole.  It does not
% exempt you from the conditions of the license if your use would
% otherwise be governed by that license.

(2) Unicode code points should be converted into their associated
characters.

> I will be submitting an updated patch to the libc-locales mailing list
> shortly. The locale has been field-tested and is ready for inclusion in
> glibc.

May you please email libc-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

Please see the checklist here:
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution%20checklist

> Would it be appropriate to reuse this bug for the v2 submission, or should I
> open a new bug?

Yes, you should use this bug number for your submission until it is
complete.

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Title:
  Add new locale en_ID (Indonesian English)

Status in GLibC:
  Confirmed
Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Please see attached submission for a new locale for Indonesian English
  (en_ID).

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