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Date:      Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:20:52 -0500
From:      Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, i18n@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: iconv port: plea for take-over
Message-ID:  <20020217022052.GQ44003@squall.waterspout.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020216190141.GA60826@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <20020215232829.GA49008@nagual.pp.ru> <B8932D0A.695D%ade@FreeBSD.org> <20020216042213.GA54552@nagual.pp.ru> <20020216161910.GU44003@squall.waterspout.com> <20020216190141.GA60826@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 10:01:44PM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> Symlinks not helps, not the library and includes, but all function renamed
> with "g" prefix and unrenamed back with #defines

Sure it helps, for runtime stuff.

> API is exactly the same, standard.

OK, then the only issue is whether the giconv implementation is
equal or better.  If it is equal or better, then I see no reason
not to obsolete the old iconv package entirely.. possibly leaving
it alone as a "dead" package, with only a dependency on the
current giconv port.  This way people can migrate to the new
package gracefully.  Then at some later point (perhaps in a year)
the iconv port can be removed.

> GNU is Russian-centric? Interesting.

Never said that.  I'm only saying that you can't assume that just
because something works for your locale that it works as expected
for other locales.

-- 
wca

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