On Thursday 02 September 2004 10:29, Ciprian Popovici wrote:
> Quoting Bradley T Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Thursday 02 September 2004 03:59, Dave Yeo wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > Just wondering how hard it would be to make this an option?
> > > Specifically the dependency on libiconv.
> >
> > I'm not quite sure, really.  The dependency on iconv isn't too
> > heavy compared to other software that's out there.  Most people
> > already have either a recent system with iconv in the C library or
> > some libiconv library installed, so usually there's no extra work
> > involved ;)
>
> I suppose at some point we will have to lose the "no external
> dependencies other than X" slogan. :) Already 0.70 depends on XFT
> (although it's optional, granted) and now seemingly on iconv. I
> suspect libxml2 may make its entrance sometime in the future, or
> fontconfig, or something else required by FDO standards integration.

One thing I forgot to mention in my last reply, libxml2 won't be a 
requirement in blackbox.  fontconfig on the other hand is already in 
use by Xft 2, so it's linked with blackbox when Xft support is enabled.

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> Ciprian Popovici

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