ICU-20600 build icu-data-bin files

[srl295]

ICU-20600

make dist will now produce:

• icu4c-67.1-data-bin-b.zip
• icu4c-67.1-data-bin-l.zip

I made the builder a separate shell script, so that I can run it on backlevel ICUs.

[srl295]

@sgallagher PTAL

[srl295]

this enables nodejs/full-icu-npm#36

[srl295]

Here's an example of the generated readme:

---

ICU Data Zip for 66.1

For information on Unicode ICU, see http://icu-project.org

Contents

This .zip file contains:

• this README
• LICENSE
• icudt66b.dat

How to use this file

This file contains prebuilt data in form b.
(“l” for Little Endian, “b” for Big Endian, “e” for EBCDIC.)
It may be used to simplify build and installation of ICU.
See http://icu-project.org for further information.

License

See LICENSE.

Copyright © 2016 and later Unicode, Inc. and others. All Rights Reserved.
Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks
of Unicode, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Terms of Use and License

[jefgen]

I wonder if we could/should add a build bot that does make dist just to exercise this...

[srl295]

that would be [ICU-20605] but yeah

[jefgen]

fair point, should probably be another ticket. :)

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[jefgen]

rslgtm. :)

[srl295]

thanks, I'm going to leave this open and hopefully actually test this against the npm module before closing. But at least it's ready to go.

[sgallagher]

LGTM

[srl295]

=> nodejs/full-icu-npm#53