Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:50:54 -1000 From: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> To: Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD port]: devel/glib20 Message-ID: <1235767854.1144.10.camel@slate1> In-Reply-To: <20090226171804.8681e79c.stas@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090224021026.ba40bdc2.stas@FreeBSD.org> <1235598615.3297.60.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20090226171804.8681e79c.stas@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 17:18 +0300, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:50:15 -0500 > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> mentioned: > > > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 02:10 +0300, Stanislav Sedov wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > glib20 has a known filename encoding problem with non-utf8 > > > locales, because it doesn't perform names conversion from > > > internal UTF8 to current locale by default (it used to do > > > that some time ago). The patch included changes glib20 > > > behaviour to always do the conversion (this will work > > > for all non-UTF8 locales and will have no effect fot UTF8 > > > ones). This is effectively the same redhat & co does in > > > their deistributions. > > > > > > Comments? > > > > I have no objection, but I don't typically run into problems with > > non-UTF-8 locales. I think it would be safer if you made this into an > > OPTION, and added this as an extra patch if the OPTION is enabled. > > > [snip] > Sure, we can OPTIONfy this, but I belive the options should be enabled by > default in this case (otherwise, people will continue to step onto this > bug). I agree with this view. In attempting to get FreeBSD and Gnome running on a late-model Fujitsu laptop I have discovered many obscure settings which are necessary for a good result. (Just yesterday I discovered that powerd will allow my CPU speed to throttle automatically, thus extending battery life.) I want FreeBSD to become widely used on desktops and laptops, and for that to happen the developers must make configuration easier and smarter. I am not saying that this solution is the best. What I support is making it automatic so that people do not keep stepping on this bug. Take that thought and apply it everywhere possible. -- Gary Dunn, Honolulu osp@aloha.com http://openslate.net/ http://e9erust.blogspot.com/ Sent from Slate001
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