[fpc-devel] utf-8 package in Free Pascal

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 03.10.2011 16:06, schrieb Alexander Klenin:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 00:42, Florian Klämpfl<florian at freepascal.org>  wrote:
>>> Anyway, what I suggest is IMO a good compromise and should satisfy both
>>> sides --
>>> Felipe can continue development of his packages unobstucted,
>>> while the quality of FPC will not suffer.
>>
>> That's why I proposed a branch and that's what branches are for.
>
> No, the branches (in svn, at least) are for code that is an
> alternative/in-progress
> imlpementation of some features,

Well, I consider an utf-8 package as an alternative/in-progress 
implementation to the current wip on unicode support.

> not for features rejected from the main branch.

If you like, we can also create svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/stagging ;) I 
don't see it as rejected, see e.g. also MvC's mail.