Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 09:12, Colin Watson wrote:
> Policy applies to all packages, whether they state that they comply with
> it yet or not. I'd also go with "should" in the meantime until a survey
> is done and we know how many changelogs need to be fixed, but I think in
> the long run it ought to be mandatory.
Ok, fair enough. Here's a patch which makes it a "should". Given my
sample with lintian though, I don't think we'll have too many packages
to fix.
Any seconds?
--- policy.sgml~ 2002-11-15 01:49:40.000000000 -0500
+++ policy.sgml 2003-01-01 21:59:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -2257,6 +2257,13 @@
separated by exactly two spaces.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The entire changelog should be encoded in the
+ <url id="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2279.html"; name="UTF-8">
+ encoding of
+ <url id="http://www.unicode.org/"; name="Unicode">.
+ </p>
+
<sect1><heading>Defining alternative changelog formats</heading>
<p>
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