Bug#603915: release-notes: Please document that use of non-UTF8 locales is strongly discouraged
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Hi,
given that we regularly identify bugs, at least for GNOME, that manifest
only when using a non-UTF8 locale - and I mean important bugs like not
being able to unlock the screensaver, non-working screenreader, or
impossibility to list filenames in both a terminal and the file
navigator - I think the release notes should strongly advise users of
legacy locales to upgrade to UTF-8.
On the desktop, such legacy locales are just hacks in the libraries
internals, and we cannot decently provide support for users who still
use them.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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