Ken Moffat wrote: > I'd like to get the latest gimp-help (2.8.0) into the book, but > there is at least one problem with it (for the moment, I have > another - my gimp can't find the help - hopefully, adding some of > the gnome stack will fix that), apart from the work-in-progress > nature of the content : it doesn't build unless you reduce the > languages it is building from the default 'everything'. All except > ca (catalan) build fine in 2.8.0, but that language has problems. > Current git now looks as if it will build ok, and has updates for > some other languages. > > But, given that we prefer releases, I've got a patched 2.8.0 > building all languages ok, picking fixes from one of the devs who > fixed the problems. Unfortunately, a major part of the fix is to add > some missing infrastructure for catalan - the patch for that commit, > mostly english text, is 3.1 MB. The remaining required patches are > only about 25K, but without the 3.1MB part they are useless. > > So, either we pick a random snapshot until there is a later > release, or I upload a .xz patch (probably about 493K). > > Or, I suppose we could build it with any/all languages *except* > catalan - but since some catalans are prominent in i18n efforts I > would find that unnecessarily offensive to them. /me is in "try not > to cause offense" mode again.
What I'd suggest is an optional patch to add catalan for those who want it. I'd use alternative instructions to build as needed with or without the patch. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
