From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Anand Kumria" Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/3] adds iso3166-1 support Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:44:52 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <43e72e890610231545n389d8a6dy89bb476101953234@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:61909 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161330AbWJYBz5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:55:57 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GcXu4-0007Si-GQ for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:50:23 +0200 Received: from 88-110-175-230.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com ([88.110.175.230]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:50:00 +0200 Received: from wildfire by 88-110-175-230.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:50:00 +0200 To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:45:23 -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > iso3166-1 > > ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names > of countries and dependent areas. It was first published in 1974 by > the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and defines three > different codes for each area: [snip] + r |= iso3166_1_add(887, "YE", "YEM", + "Yemen"); + r |= iso3166_1_add(891, "CS", "SCG", + "Serbia and Montenegro"); + r |= iso3166_1_add(894, "ZM", "ZMB", + "Zambia"); According to the ISO, at: and Serbia and Montenegro have been allocated new codes, RS and ME respectively. Is this ISO3166 stuff supposed to track the standard? If so, what happens when a country splits or two join together? Will that require lock-step updates to user-space, or will it be insulated byt this changes? Regards, Anand