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diff --git a/misc/recode/README b/misc/recode/README index dee5e0dc21..7e971d8048 100644 --- a/misc/recode/README +++ b/misc/recode/README @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -The recode program recognizes or produces approximately 150 character sets -and can convert almost any character set to almost any other. When exact -translations are not possible, the program may get rid of offending characters -or use approximations. Particular attention has been paid to the proper -representation of French language diacritics. +The recode program recognizes or produces approximately 150 character +sets and can convert almost any character set to almost any other. +When exact translations are not possible, the program may get rid of +offending characters or use approximations. Particular attention has +been paid to the proper representation of French language diacritics. -Although we normally wouldn't put anything beta on SlackBuilds, -this release fixes some long-standing bugs that everyone else has -been patching for years. +The original recode by pinard hasn't been updated in almost 10 years. +It seems most distros have moved to a well-maintained fork by +rrthomas and it's probably time we did too. + +NOTE: We are unable to update past 3.7.13 due to Slackware 15.0's +autoconf being too old (2.69). recode-3.7.14+ requires autoconf 2.71+. |