Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:07:08PM -0500, Colin Walters wrote:
> --- 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 must 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>
Seconded. (Of course, just one sentence like "UTF-8 is the required
character encoding for all Debian files" at the appropriate place in
policy would be preferable, but as you point out, we're not there, yet.)
- Sebastian
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