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+=========================
+ README for musl-locales
+=========================
+:Authors:
+  * **Konstantin**, original developer
+  * **A. Wilcox**, maintainer
+  * **Contributors**, translations and fixes (see commit log)
+:Status:
+  Production
+
+
+
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+This repository contains code and translation files for better locale support
+for the `musl libc`_.
+
+The **locale(1)** command displays information about the currently set locale,
+or displays a list of locales available on the system.
+
+The translation files provide localisation to musl, including libc-provided
+error messages, date and time strings, and so forth.
+
+.. _`musl libc`: https://musl.libc.org
+
+
+License
+```````
+
+Translation files are provided under the MIT license.  The **locale(1)**
+implementation is provided under the LGPL v3 license (LGPL-3.0-only).
+
+
+
+
+Building
+========
+
+This section contains information about building the **locale(1)** command and
+translations.
+
+
+Requirements
+````````````
+
+This package uses the CMake build system.
+
+To build the translation files, you will need an implementation of ``msgfmt``
+and ``xgettext``.  Both GNU gettext and gettext-tiny are supported.
+
+To build the **locale(1)** command, you will need a C compiler, the musl libc,
+and an implementation of ``libintl``.  Again, GNU gettext and gettext-tiny are
+both supported.
+
+
+Commands
+````````
+
+To build in the same directory as the source::
+
+    cmake .
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+Out-of-tree builds are also supported::
+
+    cmake -Bbuild .
+    make -C build
+    sudo make -C build install
+
+
+
+
+Included translations
+=====================
+
+This section contains information about the translations included with the
+musl-locales package.  Note that "fully translated" does not mean that a given
+translation is free from defects.  Feel free to open an issue or merge request
+if you identify an issue in any translation, including those listed as fully
+translated.
+
+
+========  ===============================================
+Language  Status
+========  ===============================================
+cs_CZ     Fully translated.
+de_DE     Date/time strings only.
+en_GB     Messages translated where different from en_US.
+es_ES     Date/time strings only.
+fi_FI     Date/time strings only.
+fr_FR     Date/time strings only.
+it_IT     Date/time strings only.
+nb_NO     Date/time strings only.
+nl_NL     Date/time strings only.
+pt_BR     Date/time strings only.
+pt_PT     Fully translated.
+ru_RU     Fully translated.
+sr_RS     Fully translated.
+sv_SE     Date/time strings only.
+========  ===============================================
+
+
+
+
+End-user packages
+=================
+
+.. image:: https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/musl-locales.svg
+   :target: https://repology.org/project/musl-locales/versions
+   :alt: Repology packaging status (Adélie, Alpine, Exherbo, and more)