Re: [ATTN maintainer] libunistring 1.3 needed

On 2026-01-10 05:54, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 10/01/2026 04:51, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 09/01/2026 23:59, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On 2025-07-29 12:44, Brian Inglis wrote:
>>>> Hi Erwin,
>>>>
>>>> Could you please package the latest libunistring 1.3 (available since last 
>>>> October) as it appears it should fix issues I have updating gettext, 
>>>> according to the upstream maintainer of both.
>>>>
>>>> I have successfully built a local copy and pushed an update to the CI 
>>>> playground repo:
>>>>      https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?srcpkg=libunistring&id=10200
>>>>
>>>> https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/libunistring/commit/? 
>>>> id=e3b60bdc62e0b271061159b42391f20606cdb90d
>>>>
>>>> also defining LICENSE (from README, COPYING.LIB, COPYING) and BUILD_REQUIRES 
>>>> (from DEPENDENCIES), adding ABI for SO/DLL version, and use in `declare` 
>>>> variable definitions, to make future updates easier (tip from Jon Turney).
>>>>
>>>>  From what I have seen in recent builds, you may no longer need the CFLAGS 
>>>> you define, as they all seem to do that, possibly from using gnulib with 
>>>> autotools.
>>>
>>> [BCC DM Erwin]
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> With no response to this previous request, for a requirement to build gettext 
>>> under CI, and a new release 1.4.1 available upstream, would anyone have an issue
>>> with my releasing an NMU?
>>>
>>
>> Not at all.
>>
>>> With NMU perms, can I push to libunistring main branch and deploy?
>>>
>>
>> No idea.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> This probably needs better documenting, but for the moment [1].
> 
> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2023-May/042910.html

Thanks Jon,

Good enough for now, I was able to push main and deploy libunistring, allowing 
me to build test releases of updated gettext packages in GH Scallywag CI.

Erwin seems to have updated d2u in Oct and wcd in Nov but has not responded to 
either of my attempts to contact him as the libunistring maintainer.

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

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