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Re: gettext in bootstrap-tools
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Joel E. Denny |
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Re: gettext in bootstrap-tools |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:59:26 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) |
Hi Bruno, Paul,
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Regarding gettext, there is usually no functional difference between .mo
> files generated by msgfmt 0.11 and those generated by msgfmt 0.18.1.1.
> So it's probably not worth mentioning.
For users who are trying to debug a bison build problem but who aren't
aware of the above, I think knowing the gettext version could help them to
rule out gettext backward compatibility as the culprit.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Here's my rule of thumb. If a package relies on standardized features,
> such as those standardized by POSIX or the ISO, then there's little need
> to say which version of the corresponding tools we're using; but if
> a developer needs non-standardized features, such as automake or flex
> or some special Bash extension, it's useful to give version info.
> By this measure I'd say gettext falls on the "please give the version number"
> side of the line.
This makes sense to me, and I can't imagine how giving the version number
could hurt.
Thanks.