[gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Mike Frysinger]

as many know, i dont use unicode, so i'm a bit ignorant of it ...

is there a good reason for having both a global 'unicode' USE flag and a bunch 
of local 'utf8' USE flags ?  or should i file bugs for people to stop using 
'utf8' and use 'unicode' instead ?

this packages have registered utf8 according to use.local.desc:
dev-db/sqlite
media-vdeo/vlc
net-dialup/drdsl
net-dialup/fcdsl
-mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Ciaran McCreesh]

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On Tue, 3 May 2005 14:21:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
wrote:
| as many know, i dont use unicode, so i'm a bit ignorant of it ...
| 
| is there a good reason for having both a global 'unicode' USE flag and
| a bunch  of local 'utf8' USE flags ?  or should i file bugs for people
| to stop using  'utf8' and use 'unicode' instead ?

utf8 is a particular way of encoding unicode. I'd say that the 'unicode'
flag would be sufficient, except if for some reason the following
bizarre setup were to occur:

fooapp has unicode support. fooapp has optional support for the utf-8
encoding which pulls in an additional dependency.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 02:30 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2005 14:21:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
>
> wrote:
> | as many know, i dont use unicode, so i'm a bit ignorant of it ...
> |
> | is there a good reason for having both a global 'unicode' USE flag and
> | a bunch  of local 'utf8' USE flags ?  or should i file bugs for people
> | to stop using  'utf8' and use 'unicode' instead ?
>
> utf8 is a particular way of encoding unicode. I'd say that the 'unicode'
> flag would be sufficient, except if for some reason the following
> bizarre setup were to occur:

yeah, that is pretty weird, and i'm pretty sure that doesnt apply to the 4 
packages i noticed :)

besides, it's not like we're tackling utf16 / utf32 / blah (yet)
-mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 02:21 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> this packages have registered utf8 according to use.local.desc:
> dev-db/sqlite
> media-vdeo/vlc

ok, the maintainer just put 'utf8' into use.local.desc for no reason ... the 
packages dont actually use it

> net-dialup/drdsl
> net-dialup/fcdsl

these look like they can sanely be changed to 'unicode', i'll file a bug
-mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò]

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On Wednesday 04 May 2005 06:29, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> ok, the maintainer just put 'utf8' into use.local.desc for no reason ...
> the packages dont actually use it
About vlc, it used to use it. It was renamed to unicode some time ago.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8)

[Francesco Riosa]

Ciaran McCreesh wrote:

>On Tue, 3 May 2005 14:21:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
>wrote:
>| as many know, i dont use unicode, so i'm a bit ignorant of it ...
>| 
>| is there a good reason for having both a global 'unicode' USE flag and
>| a bunch  of local 'utf8' USE flags ?  or should i file bugs for people
>| to stop using  'utf8' and use 'unicode' instead ?
>
>utf8 is a particular way of encoding unicode. I'd say that the 'unicode'
>flag would be sufficient, except if for some reason the following
>bizarre setup were to occur:
>
>fooapp has unicode support. fooapp has optional support for the utf-8
>encoding which pulls in an additional dependency.
>
>  
>
mysql-4.1 should use "utf8" , in fact it can be used to change the
defaults at compile time (econf) and at run-time (my.cfg) .
This is also a compatibility option versus 4.0 series.
Right ?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] duplicated USE flag (unicode & utf8), [gentoo-dev]

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sunday 08 May 2005 11:33 am, Francesco Riosa wrote:
> mysql-4.1 should use "utf8"

what does that have to do with this thread ?

file a bug (if one hasnt already been filed) and dont use the 'utf8' flag, use 
the 'unicode' flag
-mike
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