Hi Bruno, Paul, On Sat, 31 Jul 2010, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Regarding gettext, there is usually no functional difference between .mo > files generated by msgfmt 0.11 and those generated by msgfmt 0.18.1.1. > So it's probably not worth mentioning. For users who are trying to debug a bison build problem but who aren't aware of the above, I think knowing the gettext version could help them to rule out gettext backward compatibility as the culprit. On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Paul Eggert wrote: > Here's my rule of thumb. If a package relies on standardized features, > such as those standardized by POSIX or the ISO, then there's little need > to say which version of the corresponding tools we're using; but if > a developer needs non-standardized features, such as automake or flex > or some special Bash extension, it's useful to give version info. > By this measure I'd say gettext falls on the "please give the version number" > side of the line. This makes sense to me, and I can't imagine how giving the version number could hurt. Thanks.
