bug#47264: RFE: pcre2 support

2021-04-05 Thread Paul Eggert
On 4/5/21 1:31 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: I could not find a good document explaining the conversion process from PCRE to PCRE2. I finally gave up after about 4 hours because I lacked the necessary PCRE experience. I had a similar experience years ago. Part of my worry was that PCRE is

bug#47264: RFE: pcre2 support

2021-04-05 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 4:22 AM L A Walsh wrote: > > On 2021/03/19 14:04, Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 3/19/21 8:22 AM, Jaroslav Skarvada wrote: > > > >> Please consider adding PCRE2 support. > >> > > > > Patches would be welcome. As I understand it, they're not trivial. > > > --- > What are

bug#47264: RFE: pcre2 support

2021-04-05 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/03/19 14:04, Paul Eggert wrote: On 3/19/21 8:22 AM, Jaroslav Skarvada wrote: Please consider adding PCRE2 support. Patches would be welcome. As I understand it, they're not trivial. --- What are differences from 1->2 and wondering why they are so non-trivial? I guess

bug#47264: RFE: pcre2 support

2021-03-19 Thread Paul Eggert
On 3/19/21 8:22 AM, Jaroslav Skarvada wrote: Please consider adding PCRE2 support. Patches would be welcome. As I understand it, they're not trivial.

bug#47264: RFE: pcre2 support

2021-03-19 Thread Jaroslav Skarvada
Hi, PCRE library has been superseded with PCRE2 project by PCRE upstream in 2015. PCRE upstream considers PCRE obsolete now and does not devote any resources to PCRE except of critical bugs. Please consider adding PCRE2 support. Downstream Fedora bug: