Have you some outlines of this something given WIn 9x support can be dropped, indeed?
On 7/9/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matt Seitz wrote: > "Brian Dessent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Ariel Burbaickij wrote: >> >>> question: what is the status of utf-8 patch fo cygwin? Is it >> You can find all the details in the mailing list archives. >> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q3/msg00014.html> >> >>> endorsed/supported? >> It was submitted and rejected on technical grounds, which means sadly >> it's not supported here. > > The explanation I saw for the rejection was "...it should just be a > wholesale replacement, not a bunch of wrappers around existing functions." > > It's now a year later. Is there an expectation that the "wholesale > replacement" or another solution is coming soon? What would be the harm in > adopting the current solution for now? Is this a case of "the perfect is > the enemy of the good"? No. It's more like the "the limited hack is the enemy of future progress". It should be _a_little_ easier to implement something maintainable with 1.7 code (in CVS), since Win9x support is no longer a requirement. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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