[PATCH] update to Unicode 14.0
Corinna Vinschen
vinschen@redhat.com
Mon Nov 15 16:12:04 GMT 2021
On Nov 15 15:22, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>
> Am 15.11.2021 um 14:06 schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> > On Nov 11 21:32, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> > > Unicode update patch attached.
> > > Responses to previous comments:
> > > > wouldn't it make sense to remove the temporary downloaded files like
> > > > libc/ctype/UnicodeData.txt, etc?
> > > > Either automatically after creating the generated files
> > > Maybe. I didn't implement it, like in my other projects (mintty, mined), as
> > > it causes redundant multiple downloads during development.
> > > > or in a matching MAINTAINERCLEANFILES variable in Makefile.am?
> > > I had looked into it but there isn't such a variable yet and I'm not
> > > familiar with automake/conv stuff, so feel free to add if suitable.
> > > > Also, maybe it makes sense to add these temporary files to the .gitignore file?
> > > I'm not in favour of the .gitignore idea as its only purpose seems to be to
> > > smooth out effects of `git add *`-like check-ins, which I think shouldn't be
> > > done anyway; I feel the concept encourages sloppy repository management.
> > > But again, this isn't my project so feel free to adjust the build.
> > It's not my project either, it's a collaborative effort. So you don't have any other idea to fix this issue?
> To be honest, I don't really understand the issue. So the files stay hanging
> around for someone who builds the update. What's the problem?
git status, git rebase etc. will list them as untracked files, which is
annoying. So either there's a simple way to remove the files or they
should go to .gitignore.
> I'm willing to
> fix whatever doesn't fit.
> Thomas
Thanks,
Corinna
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