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diff --git a/gnu/packages/iso-codes.scm b/gnu/packages/iso-codes.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e1424b81ef --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/iso-codes.scm @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU +;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> +;;; +;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at +;;; your option) any later version. +;;; +;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;;; GNU General Public License for more details. +;;; +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +(define-module (gnu packages iso-codes) + #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2+)) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix download) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu) + #:use-module (gnu packages gettext) + #:use-module (gnu packages perl) + #:use-module (gnu packages python)) + +(define-public iso-codes + (package + (name "iso-codes") + (version "3.47") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append + "http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/downloads/iso-codes-" + version ".tar.xz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1ka2rrnfwbydklpx9p1cw74z03v5h0df3pjplq5ic689jngcv6a8")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (inputs + `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext) + ("perl" ,perl) + ("python-2" ,python-2))) + (home-page "http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/") + (synopsis "Various ISO standards") + (description + "This package provides lists of various ISO standards (e.g. country, +language, language scripts, and currency names) in one place, rather +than repeated in many programs throughout the system. + +Currently there are lists of languages and countries embedded in +several different programs, which leads to dozens of lists of +200 languages, translated into more than 30 languages... not +very efficient. + +With this package, we create a single \"gettext domain\" for every +supported ISO standard which contains the translations of +that domain. It is easy for a programmer to re-use those +translations instead of maintaining their own translation +infrastructure. Moreover, the programmer does not need to follow +changes in the ISO standard and will not work with outdated +information.") + ; Some bits use the lgpl2 + (license gpl2+))) |