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Re: CVS commit: src
Is this going to be a trend now of not even publicly proposing changes
and just going straight to core?
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 06:18:07PM +0000, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> Log Message:
> Switch the iconv(3) prototype to the POSIX conformant variation
>
> Remove const from the 2nd argument.
>
> const char ** and char ** are incompatible types and it was a cost to keep
> the technically incompatible form for a more purist variation. NetBSD was
> almost the last alive OS to still keep the const argument (known leftovers:
> Minix and Illumos).
>
> Keep the const form for the internal purposes inside citrus and rump.
>
> Address the build breakage fallout in the same change.
>
> There are no ABI changes.
>
> Change accepted by core@.
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