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Date: | Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:49:14 -0400 |
From: | "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> |
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<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: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <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:46921D75 DOT 29CE8798 AT dessent DOT net... >> >> 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. -- 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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