Re: utimens-tests -> gettext deps

[carl hansen]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:

    > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html#gettextize-and-autopoint
    [...]
    > It is unfortunate that the second practice doesn't really work nowadays,

Probably I'm crazy, but maybe gettext should simply be removed from
gnulib?  Then users could update it through the standard
gettext-provided mechanisms without any interference from gnulib, and
conversely.

I admit I've never been clear on what is gained by having gettext in
gnulib, since typically (always?) gettext files are not updated between
releases anyway.  It sure adds a lot of complexity for everyone.  -k

"Needless redundancy is the hobgoblin of software engineering."

 author unknown , as quoted in Dornell and Margolis _Software Engineering

in C_, Springer-Verlag