Re: gettext-devel and Git Dependency Removal?

On 2026-01-07 06:02, Matthew Sheets via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> Back in July, there had been discussion as to whether Git needed to be a dependency of gettext-devel.
>   • https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2025-July/thread.html
> 
>  From discussion, it appeared that Git could be removed as a dependency.
>   • https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2025-July/044462.html
> 
> The latest listed version of gettext-devel is 0.22.5-1 from 2024-10-06.
>   • https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/gettext-devel.html
> 
> Is anything additional needed before a new gettext-devel package that removes the Git dependency can be released?

We have always skipped building textstyle, but the latest release requires 
textstyle be used in all tools even building --without-textstyle, the gcc format 
warning options used for those conflict, and I have not yet found a workaround 
to skip those options.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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