From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 18:51:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74AE01065678; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:51:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from acme.spoerlein.net (cl-43.dus-01.de.sixxs.net [IPv6:2a01:198:200:2a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66168FC22; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:51:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from roadrunner.spoerlein.net (e180146202.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.146.202]) by acme.spoerlein.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2GIpDAr060203 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:51:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from roadrunner.spoerlein.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.spoerlein.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2GIZYsu017758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:35:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: (from uqs@localhost) by roadrunner.spoerlein.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2GIZY0M017757; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:35:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:35:34 +0100 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= To: "Sean C. Farley" , Gabor Kovesdan , svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <20090316183534.GI1455@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= , "Sean C. Farley" , Gabor Kovesdan , svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200903131040.n2DAecSO061131@svn.freebsd.org> <20090313182216.GA8844@zim.MIT.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090313182216.GA8844@zim.MIT.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: Subject: Re: svn commit: r189765 - in head: . lib/libc lib/libc/nls X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:51:15 -0000 On Fri, 13.03.2009 at 14:22:16 -0400, 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, for one, would love to see some iconv overlo^Wsupport in base. That way, I could teach calendar(1) to translate stuff to LC_CTYPE, right now the German calendar file is saved in Latin1 whereas I'm using UTF-8 terminals :/ Cheers, Ulrich Spörlein -- None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe