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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages iso-codes)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2+))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python))
+
+(define-public iso-codes
+  (package
+    (name "iso-codes")
+    (version "3.47")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append
+                   "http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/downloads/iso-codes-"
+                   version ".tar.xz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "1ka2rrnfwbydklpx9p1cw74z03v5h0df3pjplq5ic689jngcv6a8"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)
+       ("perl" ,perl)
+       ("python-2" ,python-2)))
+    (home-page "http://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/")
+    (synopsis "Various ISO standards")
+    (description
+     "This package provides lists of various ISO standards (e.g. country,
+language, language scripts, and currency names) in one place, rather
+than repeated in many programs throughout the system.
+
+Currently there are lists of languages and countries embedded in
+several different programs, which leads to dozens of lists of
+200 languages, translated into more than 30 languages... not
+very efficient.
+
+With this package, we create a single \"gettext domain\" for every
+supported ISO standard which contains the translations of
+that domain.  It is easy for a programmer to re-use those
+translations instead of maintaining their own translation
+infrastructure.  Moreover, the programmer does not need to follow
+changes in the ISO standard and will not work with outdated
+information.")
+    ; Some bits use the lgpl2
+    (license gpl2+)))