[PATCH 0/2] new gconv modules for digital TV encodings

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 03/13/2015 12:36 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> Mike, Do we really see this encoding being a maintenance problem?
> 
> i have no problem accepting it (pending a fuller review), i just assumed no one 
> else would care ;)

The primary reason I like including the encoding is that it's
based on a published ISO standard e.g. ISO/IEC 6937, but with
a slight industry tweak. Similar for character set based on
ISO 2022.

We should work towards helping the industry use GNU/Linux
and adopt standards where possible, and having the encodings
and character maps in glibc helps there.

It is certainly a trade-off between having a million charmaps
and encodings and having only the most used, but at this point
in time we get so few requests that until we're inundated with
standardized formats I don't think we need to worry.

Someome might want to add configure options to cut out all
but the most interesting encodings and that wouldn't hurt
either.

Cheers,
Carlos.