Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 22:01:44 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, i18n@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iconv port: plea for take-over Message-ID: <20020216190141.GA60826@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20020216161910.GU44003@squall.waterspout.com> References: <20020215232829.GA49008@nagual.pp.ru> <B8932D0A.695D%ade@FreeBSD.org> <20020216042213.GA54552@nagual.pp.ru> <20020216161910.GU44003@squall.waterspout.com>
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On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 11:19:10 -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > I think this procedure will break things that are already > installed using -lgiconv. For at least some time after the > conversion is made, you guys all should additionally install a > symlink from libgiconv to libiconv. Symlinks not helps, not the library and includes, but all function renamed with "g" prefix and unrenamed back with #defines > Unfortunately, you won't be > able to prevent breakage with the libiconv port, unless of course > the API is exactly the same (I'm not sure exactly how the ABI > might factor in here). Your message didn't make that clear. API is exactly the same, standard. > Also, I think marking the iconv port as 'broken' is a little > premature. Some people may actually need something in it. If > you are going to mark it broken, might as well remove it... :) Well, if they are, they can take maintainership, use URL posted by Konstantin, do proper renaming etc. _after_ BROKEN= state issued. > Please regard my comments as an outsider's point of view; I do > not fully understand iconv or appreciate its purpose, since I > have never used any locale besides "C" or "en_US". :) Even in this case you may have dead loop reading foreign message with tin linked with old iconv f.e. > via the i18n list. I know that Japanese people have particularly > resented changes made towards Russian-centric improvements in the GNU is Russian-centric? Interesting. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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