>> PS. Why did intltoolize get introduced as a dependancy for gEDA/gaf? > > It is needed to translate the .desktop and mime type registrations. The > normal gettext framework doesn't do those type of files.
Actually, I've been considering whining about the intltoolize stuff, but decided to keep a stiff upper lip. Now, however, I've been prompted to snivel and whine. I've been having a devil of a time building the stuff requiring intltoolize [1]. This includes gEDA/gaf as well as xgsch2pcb. The intltoolize stuff is very new, and pulls in lots of dependencies on my older devel boxen. Yes, this is not a problem for users, but it does make my life as a developer more difficult. :-( Is there any way to make the intltoolize stuff optional at the automake level? Or maybe forget about .desktop translations (and the .desktop stuff itself) for a while, until the stuff is more widespread? It's kind of whacky that we require <= GTK-2.4, but then rely upon all these new whiz-bang features which are probably only a year or two old. It does make me think that we need to extend the dependency policy to exclude anything younger than two years, say. Opinions? Stuart [1] And the desktop tools, and the DBUS stuff, and the pydbus module, and the ..... _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
