Bug#1004950: reprotest fails when using kk_KZ.RK1048 locale with java (locale not supported by java)

[Holger Levsen]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 09:18:56AM -0800, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> I don't think selecting a locale at random is a good idea; this means
> sometimes a build might succeed with reprotest and sometimes not,
> depending on which locale happens to be randomly selected.

agreed.

> Secondly, I think by default reprotest should use a slightly less
> obscure locale to test, and the same locale every time.

also agreed.

> Adding a commandline flag to build with a specified locale would also be
> good. Possibly another flag to do a series of builds, each with a
> different locale (maybe from a list of very obscure locales).

this seems like a good idea indeed.


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	Holger

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