gettext 0.21 update PR - FINAL CALL FOR FEEDBACK/OBJECTIONS

[Eric Gallager]

Please merge it; thanks!

On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 10:04 AM Christopher Nielsen
<mascguy at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
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> Folks, our long-awaited update to ‘gettext’ 0.21 - via PR 7399 - can now move forward: It was dependent on merging of foundational PR 7074 (update 'python27-bootstrap’ to not use ‘gettext-bootstrap’), and the latter was merged two days ago.
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> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/7399
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> Note that this PR has been open since 6/11/2020, providing everyone with plenty of time to review and provide feedback. And it’s time to move forward.
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> As mentioned in the PR, I’ve personally been utilizing this new version of ‘gettext’ for the past six months. It’s been installed everywhere, across every one of my macOS installations - physical and virtual - from 10.6 through 10.15. So I’m quite comfortable with releasing this change.
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> That certainly doesn't guarantee that we won't encounter a problem somewhere. However, this update isn't likely to cause much of any fallout, given the backward-compatible nature of ‘gettext’.
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> So... I’m making one final call for feedback. If there are any concerns or objections to this PR, please try to voice those by end-of-day today. Likewise, if you believe we can move forward, positive feedback would be great as well.
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> This update is long-overdue, and will be a nice improvement. Please support the effort to merge this, and speak up here, and/or on the PR itself!
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> Cheers and Thanks,
> -Chris