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On 12/30/20 12:46 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> since utf8 encoding is everywhere by now, and since switching the useflag |
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> unicode off without taking precautions is a way to hose your installation, I |
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> would propose to medium-term get rid of this flag. |
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> Suggestion: |
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> 1) use.force unicode now/soon in the default profiles |
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> 2) step by step, modify ebuilds to enable the functionality unconditionally |
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> (and if necessary fix depstrings) |
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> 3) at some point the flag is gone |
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> Opinions? |
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> Cheers, |
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> Andreas |
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Yes, this sounds nice. |
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What about packages which rely on/give unicode support outside of this flag? |
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Like the global icu flag, which supposedly needs dev-libs/icu ? |
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Cheers, |
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Aisha |
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