glib20 and gettext

[Adam Weinberger]

I'm curious about glib20's forced dependence on gettext and libintl.
Can you provide some insight?

glib20's forced dependency on gettext and libintl seems strange to me.
There is an NLS option, but glib20 still depends on gettext
(devel/glib20/Makefile) and libintl (Uses/gnome.mk). The NLS option
usually *disables* NLS support, but here it seems only to skip
installing the files.

This essentially forces gettext and libintl libraries on all glib20
consumers, regardless of whether they disable NLS. Is this
intentional? Does glib20 break without gettext and libintl?

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