iconv

[J. Johnston]

Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> Artem B. Bityuckiy wrote:
> 
>> Hello.
>>
>> We've ported iconv library to Newlib-1.11.0 and want to contribute it. 
>> The original is placed at 
>> http://www.dante.net/staff/konstantin/FreeBSD/iconv/iconv-2.0.tar.gz. 
>> This library have BSD-like license. At first, I want to know, is this 
>> license appropriate?
>>
> 
> I'm curious to know what the newlib maintainer's thoughts are on this. I 
> think this is an opportunity to get rid of more linux-only code in favor 
> of global code which everyone can use.
>

I am happy to see Artem's effort on this.  More general functionality is always 
a good thing for newlib as it expands the application code base that can use 
newlib without modification.

-- Jeff J.