From: Jacob Nevins Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:05:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update status of this library wrt other variants. X-Git-Tag: 0.59~176 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40bcb7ebfdab7db5167e36d853f52d3230231b50;p=PuTTY.git Update status of this library wrt other variants. [originally from svn r6500] --- diff --git a/charset/README b/charset/README index 248a8b2a..16b540a7 100644 --- a/charset/README +++ b/charset/README @@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ This subdirectory contains a general character-set conversion library, used in the Unix port of PuTTY, and available for use in other ports if it should happen to be useful. -I intend to use this same library in other programs at some future -date. It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library -should remain perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of -PuTTY. It must not reference any code outside its own subdirectory; -it should not have PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless -they can be documented in a general manner which might make them -useful in other circumstances as well. +This is a variant of a library that's currently used in some other +programs such as Timber and Halibut. At some future date, we would +like to merge the two libraries, so that all programs use the same +libcharset. + +It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library should remain +perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of PuTTY. It must not +reference any code outside its own subdirectory; it should not have +PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless they can be +documented in a general manner which might make them useful in other +circumstances as well.