[darcs-users] Fwd: UTF8 patch

[Gwern Branwen]

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On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:05 AM, David Roundy  wrote:
> As I mentioned before when asked about this, I don't think it's a good
> idea.  No reason to add the extra complexity for a function that we
> only use to maintain compatibility with old repository formats.  The
> best way to keep compatibility with old formats is to not change the
> code.
>
> David
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 03:59:42PM +0100, Eric Kow wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Another patch you may have missed.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From:
>> Date: 2008/8/9
>> Subject: [darcs-users] UTF8 patch
>> To: droundy at darcs.net, darcs-users at darcs.net
>>
>
>> Sat Aug  9 12:15:10 CDT 2008  Rob Hoelz
>>   * Added support for using the utf8-string library if it's available

Eric, now that you're project lead, do you want to reconsider Dr.
Roundy's decision to refuse this patch?

Now that we're cabalized, we could use flags. (Or just make
utf8-string a depended-upon package period, I suppose, which would let
us remove src/UTF8.lhs?)

- --
gwern
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