Translations unnecessarily having country codes

[fitojb]

I can see that in the folder youtube-dl-gui/youtube_dl_gui/locale/ all the available translations have a country code. Why is that? The only one which could need it is perhaps pt_BR. es_ES is certainly unnecessary—just having “es” would suffice.

[nodiscc]

@fitojb This is the naming convention used by GNU gettext. I think the docs should explain it all:

• https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Locale-Names.html
• https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Usual-Language-Codes.html#Usual-Language-Codes
• https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Country-Codes.html

Let me know if this answers your question

[fitojb]

I know what the codes are for; my comment was more about the translations being too specific; it is unusual to have everything country-coded in FOSS localizations. Most of the time, doing that leads to redundant volunteer work and reduced translation quality, as people can’t concentrate in having a single translation which almost always is enough for many countries in practice.

[fitojb]

I removed the question mark from my bug's title; that edit from your part was really patronizing.