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Date:      Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:05:00 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
To:        Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        =?UTF-8?B?R8OhYm9yIEvDtnZlc2TDoW4=?= <gabor@kovesdan.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r341775 - in head: Mk/Uses converters/libiconv devel/gettext
Message-ID:  <52ED536C.3020506@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140130225350.5260dc47@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
References:  <201401292024.s0TKOomF031237@svn.freebsd.org>	<52E97640.5020703@freebsd.org>	<52EA297E.6030607@kovesdan.org>	<20140130132652.5d945d44@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>	<52EA862C.30201@freebsd.org> <20140130225350.5260dc47@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>

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On 31.01.2014 1:53, Tijl Coosemans wrote:
>> Well, exact steps for 10-release:
>> 1) Fully restore GNU iconv for ports, not partial restore as now. There
>> is no sense to wait for user reports that something is broken when the
>> possible bug source is clearly identified. Users not always able to
>> track it down.
>> 2) Implement GNU compatible //TRANSLIT, //IGNORE and WCHAR_T in system
>> iconv.
>> 3) Delete GNU one again in the future 10.x release.
>>
>> Even in case 2) and 3) will never happens, step 1) is required.
> 
> Well, if others also think this is necessary I won't object.  Libiconv
> is a small dependency after all.  But at the moment I don't think it's
> necessary.  System iconv works in the large majority of cases now and
> any remaining bugs will only be discovered if we continue to use it by
> default.

GNU configure may auto-pick installed libiconv from /usr/local/lib. In
that case package will depend on it without dependency actually listed.




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