Re: Should all udeb binaries use UTF8 libraries?

2003-02-26 Thread Jim Mintha
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:53:03PM +, Philip Blundell wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 14:39, Jim Mintha wrote: > > I would love to get rid of the two versions of the libraries. The > > last time I believe there were problems with some packages not working > > well with

Re: Should all udeb binaries use UTF8 libraries?

2003-01-27 Thread Jim Mintha
t time I believe there were problems with some packages not working well with the UTF8 version. I have to look at it again to remember exactly what. This is the time to fix it. My feeling is that with some work and coordination this should be possible. I will look over the history tonight to re

Re: Trying to fix slang

2002-01-30 Thread Jim Mintha
sion would explicitely use it. libslang.so.1-UTF8 is a terrible soname. Why not just have libslang-utf8.so.1? This way packages that can handle utf8 properly can use this library, and when the regular slang can be fixed properly then can just return to using that lib

Re: Bug#95018: UTF-8 Patch breaks slrn display on UTF-8 terminal

2001-04-24 Thread Jim Mintha
There seem to be a whole bunch of problems with the utf8 slang packages. People are having trouble with slrn, lynx, etc. Possibly these packages just need to be recompiled but the following seems more serious: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:36:38PM +0200 , Jim Mintha wrote: > > I just

Re: woody bf-utf8 (Re: slang, boot-floppies, and wide character support)

2001-04-21 Thread Jim Mintha
! I just uploaded them. (I just realized that i missed adding the Closes, but I'll do it by hand) Let me know if there are problems. Jim -- Jim Mintha Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Work: +31 20 525-4919 In

Re: slang, boot-floppies, and wide character support

2001-04-09 Thread Jim Mintha
> > I hope the maintainer of slang1, Jim Mintha, will provide it for us > > as well as Enrique will do with newt. But if it can not be done, > > we'll need something to use. So I'll prepare to work on slang1-utf8. > > I have been following the discussions.

Re: slang, boot-floppies, and wide character support

2001-04-09 Thread Jim Mintha
; > Thanks! Since Enrique said that he will upload the newt packages > with utf-8 support, the rest is just one: slang1 with utf-8 support. > > I hope the maintainer of slang1, Jim Mintha, will provide it for us > as well as Enrique will do with newt. But if it can not be done, >