Re: gnulib-tool.py: Stop using codecs.open

[Collin Funk]

Hi Bruno,

On 4/14/24 3:16 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> I verified that on Cygwin, the test suite passes; this is because
>   - Cygwin programs produce LF as line terminator,
>   - Python's platform.system() returns "CYGWIN_NT-10.0".
> 
> Regarding native Windows, I don't think there's a realistic use-case,
> as users would have to have a working autoconf and automake first,
> which is unlikely for that platform. So, I don't even spend time
> testing gnulib-tool on native Windows.

Thanks for testing that. As far as native Windows goes, that makes
sense. I know Perl and Python work there, but I have never tried
Autoconf and Automake. I think in the past I used MYS2 to test builds
[1].

> And regarding z/OS — its newline conventions are that much of a mess [1]
> that it's better not to even think about it.

Interesting read. I've never used z/OS, or much of the other
proprietary operating systems for that matter (e.g. HP-UX, AIX).

[1] https://www.msys2.org

Collin