Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:53:09 +0900 From: Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@FreeBSD.org> To: Artem.Bityuckiy@oktet.ru Cc: erm@dante.org.uk Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: iconv-2.0 Message-ID: <3F69B8C5.2080504@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3F697E4F.7080502@oktet.ru> References: <3F6858C8.3000901@oktet.ru> <3F686B52.7010004@FreeBSD.org> <3F697E4F.7080502@oktet.ru>
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Artem, Artem Bityuckiy wrote: > Hello Alexander. > > Thank you for your answers. > > The patch you sent have corrected euc-jp tables and now shift-jis -> > euc-jp conversion works well. Thanks! > > We have ported iconv-2.0 to Newlib (freely available libc > implementation use usually use in embedded systems). I think, this > port will be contributed to Newlib later. We are planning to use it in > future. We thought this iconv version is widely used and already had > tested, but, unfortunately, it is not. We can't use GNU iconv because > of its GNU license (We can only use BSD-licensed software). > > Alexander, are you the only iconv maintainer? Where can I get the list > of known and reported bugs? May be some mailing list archive exists > here I can read bug reports? Are there any documents about iconv > architecture or other exist? May be you know some problems with this > iconv implementation. May be some useful links exist? Please, send me > all the related information. At the moment it looks like I am the only person who have a deal with BSD iconv. Unfortunately I don't have any design documentation besides the source itself ofcourse. Hopefully it's pretty clear. All known and reported bugs are fixed. I'll send you a full patch set in private mail. > > > It seems that we will test iconv for several conversion and I can post > you the results of our tests if you want. Sure! Please. > > > Am I right that FreeBSD community isn't going to use this iconv? I hope you wrong. All the best, Alexander.
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