retitle 234355 xlibs: grab xc/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose revision 1.9 or later from upstream CVS severity 234355 wishlist tag 234355 = upstream thanks On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 04:51:08PM +0100, Carlos wrote: > > > > I am sorry, but I am reluctant to break with upstream practice on this > > > > issue without understanding the underlying issue a little better. > > [...] > > > Why <dead_diaeresis> <space> should produce <quotedbl>: > > > > > > 1. Ability to produce quotedbl. When these people decided to "improve" > > > the rules file, they took out the iso9995-3 symbols from the layout > > > "pc*", variant "us_intl". So, people using UTF-8 locale, and using > > > that layout/variant combination can no longer type a quotedbl > > > (us_intl maps the quote key to dead_diaeresis). > > > > So, it's your contention that the new UTF-8 Compose maps break > > conformance with ISO 9995-3? > > No, I said something completely different, you didn't read anything I > wrote, did you? :) I did read it, but I mostly saw a lot of frustration in an area that I don't have a lot of familiarity with, and which is -- in the absence of standardization -- a matter of preference. > Anyway, forget about the issue. I see you don't have time to think > about it and would rather follow blindly a standard or upstream. If I don't have enough information about, or experience with, a subject to make an informed decision, then I don't make one. If I am going to break with a standard, or with upstream, I need a damn good reason. Frankly, you weren't offering one. You were just angry and impatient. (You appear to still be the latter.) > Here, see what I found: > > http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/nls/Compose/en_US.UTF-8.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&f=h > > When you update your files the problem will be solved and you can close > the bug. Thanks for pointing this out. > I suppose it will be more productive for me to report further bugs > directly to upstream, and then wait some months for you to pick the > patches, is that right? You can do whichever you like; if you can work productively with the Debian package maintainers, make a good case for including a patch, and that patch doesn't cause problems, you may find it gets applied. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If ignorance is bliss, branden@debian.org | is omniscience hell? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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