Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:13:36 -0500 From: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, Konstantin Chuguev <Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, i18n@FreeBSD.org, gnome@FreeBSD.org, sobomax@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iconv port: plea for take-over Message-ID: <20020216001336.B22117@databits.net> In-Reply-To: <20020216042213.GA54552@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:22:13AM %2B0300 References: <20020215232829.GA49008@nagual.pp.ru> <B8932D0A.695D%ade@FreeBSD.org> <20020216042213.GA54552@nagual.pp.ru>
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++ 16/02/02 07:22 +0300 - Andrey A. Chernov: | On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 21:24:26 -0600, Ade Lovett wrote: | | > them also work with GNU iconv, then I have no problem in initiating the | > de-orbit burn sequence for the other iconv (and mark as BROKEN="old iconv" | > the other ports). | | I see no ports which will not works with GNU iconv while they works with | iconv. Functionally interface it the same and old iconv supports less | amount of charsets and is buggy (alpha coredumps, i386 dead loops). | | I think we can | 1) Install giconv without g prefix | 2) Mark iconv as BROKEN | 3) Let corresponding port maintainers remove 'g' prefix hack patches. Sounds good to me. --pete -- Pete Fritchman [petef@(databits.net|freebsd.org|csh.rit.edu)] finger petef@databits.net for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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