<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>. Reformatted.
Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
On 7/9/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh <AT> cygwin <DOT> com>
wrote:
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> Please, let's not feed the
spammers.
Matt Seitz wrote:
> "Brian Dessent" <brian <AT> dessent <DOT> net> 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.
Have you some outlines of this something given WIn 9x support can be
dropped, indeed?
Not really, no. But Win9x definitely complicated the API and forced Cygwin
down a path that is the genesis of this problem. Removing the requirements
to support these limited O/S versions should make UNICODE/UTF8 support
cleaner.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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