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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