Re: pkg/38040 (textproc/mecab-{ipadic,jumandic} would have to provide the way to select charset)

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/38040; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/38040 (textproc/mecab-{ipadic,jumandic} would have to provide 
the way to select charset)
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:47:55 +0900

 On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:20:02 +0900, Naoto Morishima 
<naoto%morishima.net@localhost=
 > wrote:
 
 >   I got it, but currently this package SELECTS euc-jp IMPLICITLY.
 >   So I believe that providing the options to select charset is at leas=
 t
 >   better than now.
 
 Namazu is only package possibly using MeCab in pkgsrc and it expect
 that charset of the dictionary is euc-jp.
 So I select euc-jp now.
 I don't think it is better than now.
 If select utf-8 option, it does not work with Namazu, confuse the user.
 
 >   This problem would come from MeCab itself rather than the pkgsrc, so=
 
 >   pkgsrc cannot and should not care this issue and MeCab should take
 >   care of it.  Providing a new feature such as API to change
 >   dictionaries would be beyond the pkgsrc.
 
 MeCab already can select dictionary:
 * In system-wide config file
 * Create application-specific config file and use it with --rcfile=3DFIL=
 E.
 * Specify with --dicdir=3DDIR
 and it have API to detect charset of the dictionary.
 
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