Re: [PATCH] update to Unicode 14.0

[Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>]

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