Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:36:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r189765 - in head: . lib/libc lib/libc/nls Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903131331320.6076@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <20090313182216.GA8844@zim.MIT.EDU> References: <200903131040.n2DAecSO061131@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903130910540.4522@thor.farley.org> <20090313182216.GA8844@zim.MIT.EDU>
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On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, David Schultz wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009, Sean C. Farley wrote: >> Now, you only need to revive the BSD-licensed libiconv[1]. :) > [...] >> 1. http://people.freebsd.org/~bland/iconv-2.1.tar.gz > > I asked a few weeks ago on standards@ why we weren't using Citrus > iconv, which is what NetBSD uses, and seems to be in a somewhat > better state than this. It also provides various wide character > conversion routines that overlap with what tjr@ has already done > in FreeBSD, so we'd have to sort that out. And we'd have to sort > out a gazillion ports that want -liconv. I have not explored either. The Citrus version appears to have more functionality, however, the Citrus website is ambiguous about the license. Note to self: register with standards@; arch@ is not enough. :) Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org
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