required/CWS localedata4 : Locale data checks during build time and runtime

Type
required

Title
Locale data checks during build time and runtime

Posted by
[email protected]

Affected
,i18npool

Effective from
CWS localedata4

Summary

Runtime checks of locale data enabled if environment variable OOO_ENABLE_LOCALE_DATA_CHECKS is set to "Yes" or "1".

Very basic build time checks implemented.

Description

The non-product builds always implemented several checks that validate
locale data during runtime, especiallly number format codes that can't
really be evaluated by other means than the number formatter itself.
As almost no one except Hamburg release engineering does non-product
builds, the checks are now also included in a product build but only
activated by setting some environment variable. This will hopefully
prevent defect locale data being submitted, which in the past was
quite often the case.

Setting the environment variable OOO_ENABLE_LOCALE_DATA_CHECKS to 'Y'
or 'Yes' (or any other string starting with 'Y') or '1' before
starting the application outputs messages to stderr if checks fail and
also works in a product build. In a non-product build the checks are
still always enabled.

Additionally introduced some very basic checks during build time,
which if
failed will break the build.

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