Quoting Bradley T Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thursday 02 September 2004 03:59, Dave Yeo wrote:
[...]
> > Just wondering how hard it would be to make this an option?
> > Specifically the dependency on libiconv. 
> 
> I'm not quite sure, really.  The dependency on iconv isn't too heavy 
> compared to other software that's out there.  Most people already have 
> either a recent system with iconv in the C library or some libiconv 
> library installed, so usually there's no extra work involved ;)

I suppose at some point we will have to lose the "no external
dependencies other than X" slogan. :) Already 0.70 depends on XFT
(although it's optional, granted) and now seemingly on iconv. I
suspect libxml2 may make its entrance sometime in the future, or
fontconfig, or something else required by FDO standards integration.

-- 
Ciprian Popovici

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