Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 11:14:50 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Vsevolod Stakhov <vsevolod@FreeBSD.org> Cc: marino@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r391493 - head/cad/tkgate Message-ID: <A3950497-8237-43F1-BC01-76194028D662@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <559BA55C.2080701@FreeBSD.org> References: <201507070635.t676Zaqw085725@repo.freebsd.org> <559B9C36.2060300@FreeBSD.org> <559BA1B2.4050002@marino.st> <559BA55C.2080701@FreeBSD.org>
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On 7 Jul 2015, at 11:09, Vsevolod Stakhov <vsevolod@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > Ok, so it's the new definition of 'translit' term isn't it? No it is > not! The proper name for this option should be something like 'port' > and not 'translit'. The translit option refers to //TRANSLIT support in iconv (where, if a = character is missing in the target instruction set, it will be = approximated by similar-looking ones). Currently, base iconv does not = support this, though ports iconv does. The option intentionally refers = to the feature that is required, not to the place where it is = implemented. If FreeBSD 12 gains support for this option in base iconv, = we don=92t want iconv:port to mean =91use the port on FreeBSD <12, not = on FreeBSD 12=92, especially as GNU iconv may have some new features by = then that base lacks and which :port would also imply. David
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