[latex3-commits] [git/LaTeX3-latex3-babel] docs: Start news for 3.79. Extend naming conventions. (6531874)

[Javier]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/babel
On branch  : docs
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/babel/commit/6531874ac44a302f6aab08263eff16f9981e1d96

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commit 6531874ac44a302f6aab08263eff16f9981e1d96
Author: Javier <email at localhost>
Date:   Sat Aug 27 12:27:44 2022 +0200

    Start news for 3.79. Extend naming conventions.


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6531874ac44a302f6aab08263eff16f9981e1d96
 docs/guides/locale-naming.md         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 docs/index.md                        |  1 +
 docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.79.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/guides/locale-naming.md b/docs/guides/locale-naming.md
index cc32b72..ec63f85 100644
--- a/docs/guides/locale-naming.md
+++ b/docs/guides/locale-naming.md
@@ -28,3 +28,22 @@ for about 500 locales already available.
 A few locales with a region or a script have in the CLDR a more precise
 name. For example, `ro-MD` is “Moldavian”. They will be normalized in
 `babel` in the next few releases.
+
+When there are ‘short’ additional names (without hyphens), prefer
+‘plain’ demonyms (even if vernacular, like `canadien`) over composed
+names (eg, `british` better than `UKenglish`). This reflects the
+evolution of the `english` style, because the names `american` and
+`british` predates `USenglish` and `UKenglish`. Note the names
+`ukenglish` and `usenglish` (all lowercase) are *not* supported by
+`babel`, even if they work in some operating systems.
+
+The following names are deprecated: `brazil` (for `brazilian`),
+`bahasai` (for `indonesian`), `bahasam` (for `malay`), `frenchb` (for
+`french`) lsorbian (for `lowersorbian`), `newzealand`, `portuges` [*sic*]
+(for `portuguese`), usorbian (for `uppersorbian`), `vietnam` (for
+`vietnamese`), `russianb` (for `russian`). Therefore, they are not
+included in `name.babel`. Some anomalous names (related to `german` and
+`serbian`) should be fixed in the future, but how to deal with them is
+under study.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 5c58bb1..685dfd6 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ case, it's advisable to install TeXLive.)
 
 | Version | Most relevant changes
 | --- | --- |
+| [3.79](news/whats-new-in-babel-3.79.html) | (dev) Mainly a maintenance release. |
 | [3.78](news/whats-new-in-babel-3.78.html) | Some locales updated to the CLDR 41. |
 | [3.77](news/whats-new-in-babel-3.77.html) | More on calendars: `\today`, `coptic`. New locale `ar-SA`. |
 | [3.76](news/whats-new-in-babel-3.76.html) | Calendar converters. |
diff --git a/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.79.md b/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.79.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6729de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-3.79.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# What's new in babel 3.79
+
+(*Draft*)
+
+This is basically a maintenance release, with some refactoring,
+minor improvements in error catching, and a few names in `ini` files
+fixed. 
+
+Following the CLDR, now the preferred name for ‘od’ is `odia`, although
+`oriya` is still recognized.
+
+# Fixes
+
+* Fix issues of tcolorbox in RTL (graphics layout) (#186), thanks to
+  Salim Bou (@seloumi).
+* \footnote with babel bidi=default raises an error in LuaLaTeX (#187).
+* Extra blank spaces with Hebrew calendar.
+