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Re: gettext 0.10.37 msgfmt charset naming compatibility on Solaris 8


From: Ulrich Drepper
Subject: Re: gettext 0.10.37 msgfmt charset naming compatibility on Solaris 8
Date: 15 May 2001 23:48:31 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.2 (Thelxepeia)

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> It is impossible to write code that will work for _everybody_.
> Even GNU libiconv, as good as it is, does not do that.
> However, it is helpful to improve code so that it works for more people.

No.  Because then everybody would have an excuse to demand her/his
system to be supported which results in unacceptable bloat.  If
libiconv is missing something, fix it.

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