PK80088: ADOPT SORTINGLOCALEFILTER TO FAVOR BASE LANGUAGES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The SortingLocaleFilteris can be configured to change the
  fallback algorithm for locales send via the accept-language
  header by the browser. If this filter is used with variants of
  the same language in different positions of the header field,
  the result does not intuitively match the expected settings.
  
  The following header
  en-US, de, en-CA
  will correctly be transformed to
  en-US, de, en-CA, en
  
  which is counter-intuitive as de will be rendered instead of en
  per default in portal (with only 'de' and 'en' resources
  available).
  This PK changes the implementation of the filter to group the
  fallback paths for each language at the first language
  occurence, so that
  en-US, de, en-CA
  will be transformed to
  en-US, en-CA, en, de
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• The SortingLocaleFilteris can be configured to change the
  fallback algorithm for locales send via the accept-language
  header by the browser. If this filter is used with variants of
  the same language in different positions of the header field,
  the result does not intuitively match the expected settings.
  
  The following header
   en-US, de, en-CA
  will correctly be transformed to
   en-US, de, en-CA, en
  
  which is counter-intuitive as de will be rendered instead of
  en per default in portal (with only 'de' and 'en' resources
  available).
  This PK changes the implementation of the filter to group the
  fallback paths for each language at the first language
  occurence, so that
   en-US, de, en-CA
  will be transformed to
   en-US, en-CA, en, de
  

Problem conclusion

• The sort order will now match the intuition. The locales will
  be sorted such for any pair of locales A and B: if B is on the
  fallback path of A then it will appear later in the sorted list
  than A.
  
  Failing Module(s):
     Engine: State handling
  
  Affected Users:
     All Users
  
  Version Information:
      Portal Version(s): 6.1.0.0
       Pre-Requisite(s): PK68421
        Co-Requisite(s): ---
  
      Portal Version(s): 6.1.0.1
       Pre-Requisite(s): PK68421
        Co-Requisite(s): ---
  
  Platform Specific:
     This fix applies to all platforms.
  
  A fix is available from Fix Central:
  
  http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral/swgquickorde
  r?apar=PK80088&productid=WebSphere%20Portal&brandid=5
  
  You may need to type or paste the complete address into your Web
  browser.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

     UP

• R61A PSY

     UP