Bug#143941: define a usable character set for description/maintainer name etc.
Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> cum veritate scripsit:
> > I propose the following amendment to policy. The exact wording may need
> > a little more working.
>
> How about getting the tools to support this properly first and then
> turning it into policy? If you do it the other way around policy
> will dictate things that don't make sense (like the Enhances field
> someone put in there already).
The text is already being used, and they are dumping random text there.
It should either be restricted to 7-bit code, or allowed to
utf-8. Tools can follow. Tools cannot process random data. I think it
will take a bit of preparation time before things can be converted to
compliant character code, whatever that may be.
At least, some kind of recommendation of the restriction should exist
there, even though there is a lack of tool supporting it.
regards,
junichi
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