On Thursday 02 September 2004 10:29, Ciprian Popovici wrote: > 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.
We may need to eventually. The iconv thing is a bit fuzzy, since iconv is part of the POSIX standard under the XSI (X/Open System Interface) heading. Basically, it is an extension of ISO C99, and *could* not be present. However, blackbox requires it now. If your system doesn't implement iconv natively, you'll need an external library for it. > -- > Ciprian Popovici -- Bradley T. Hughes - bhughes at trolltech.com Trolltech AS - Waldemar Thranes gt. 98 N-0175 Oslo, Norway -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
