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Re: UTF-8 in jessie



Jonas Smedegaard writes ("Re: UTF-8 in jessie"):
> Quoting Ian Jackson (2013-08-29 18:03:22)
> > Jonas Smedegaard writes ("Re: UTF-8 in jessie"):
> >> I believe the underlying issue is the one summarized here: 
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter_apostrophe#ASCII_encoding
...
> My aim was the same, but I see how "severity minor" still implies "IT'S 
> A BUG!!".
> 
> How about this, then:
> 
>   Although arguably related to UTF-8 encoding, `arcane quoting' is not 
>   part of this release-goal.

I'm happy with "... is not part of this release goal".  I'm not sure
that everyone will know what "`arcane quoting'" means.

How about

  Changing any 7-bit characters (for example, changing the way we deal
  with `'-quoting) is not part of this release-goal.

Ian.


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