[Bug 1961342] Re: nl_NL locale has wrong 'thousand separator'

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Thanks for your report.

thousands_sep for nl_NL was changed to '.' in 2019, so it's correct as
from Ubuntu 20.04.

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=fefa2179

** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  nl_NL locale has wrong 'thousand separator'

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  `/usr/share/i18n/locales/nl_NL` has a wrong value for thousands_sep.

  Currently it's: ""

  It should be "."

  Source 1 (in dutch):
  https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Getalnotatie#Decimaalteken_en_scheidingsteken_voor_duizendtallen

  This source says that a period is used, but to avoid confusion with
  the English notation (which is ",") a space can be used. Currently it
  is neither a period nor a space.

  Source 2 (in English):
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Examples_of_use

  Search for Netherlands in the table. The second note after the table
  also mentions the use of a period as separator in everyday life and a
  space for technical writing.

  EDIT (Only had Wikipedia links)
  Source 3 (in Dutch): https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/getallen-in-letters-of-cijfers#:~:text=In%20getallen%20van%20vijf%20of,%E2%82%AC%202.300%20als%20%E2%82%AC%202300.

  Translated: In cases of five or more digits a period is used as separator: 70.000, 234.000, etc. In case of four digits the separator can be left out: 7.600 is as equally possible as 76000, same for € 2.300 and € 2300.
  END OF EDIT

  Suggested fix: set the thousand separator to a period.

  (ubuntu-bug locale didn't allow me to file a bug report, so this is a
  handwritten report).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: locales (I think)

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