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Re: RFD: gettext, iconv, packaging...
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at netscape dot net>
- To: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:43:55 -0400
- Subject: Re: RFD: gettext, iconv, packaging...
- References: <3D0F798E.70101@ece.gatech.edu>
Chuck,
Charles Wilson wrote:
So, I propose to
a) add a libiconv dependency (*)
b) add a libexpat dependency -- yes, 0.11.2 can use expat if it is
there.
(*) Yes, I'll provide/maintain libiconv-1.8.0 -- but I would
appreciate if someone who has been whining about the lack of libiconv
would take over maintainership of my zip and unzip packages
(Gerrit??). They are low maintainance, but I would like to reduce the
total number of packages I'm responsible for. I still feel that, as a
non-multilingual, latin-alphabet user, I'm not the best person to
answer questions about using libiconv -- but as long as the package
passes its own built-in selftests...and heck, I've been "maintaining"
the gettext package for years. So, consider this an "ITP: libiconv"
Sounds good to me. I'm sorry if you feel like you have too many
packages :-(. Let me be one of the many to say thanks for your effort :-).
Packaging:
Bruno included some "packaging hints" in the latest distro.
However, they don't really seem to address the issue of two-part
libintl shared libs, and having multiple versions coexist, or 3rd
party packages depending on specific versions of the shared lib... He
suggests:
gettext:
bin/gettext.exe
bin/ngettext.exe
Is xgettext.exe included or has that been phased out?
[SNIP]
It sounds reasonable to me...
Cheers,
Nicholas