Bug#312927: glibc: Please use UTF-8 as the default locale codeset

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

At Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:18:37 +0100,
Roger Leigh wrote:
> > I would like to put this version to locales package.  I welcome your
> > comments and patches.
> 
> That sounds fine.  I can rework the patch for you.

Thanks, I'm looking forward to your patch.

> >> + UTF-8 locales are recommended.  Locales using old national character sets
> >> + are provided for backwards-compatibility, but should not be used unless
> >> + strictly required.
> >
> > I don't know whether we should recommend use of UTF-8, because
> > selecting localedata via locales debconf depends on user's decision.
> > IMHO we have no authority to push the claim of "should not be used
> > unless strictly required".
> 
> I may have worded the text too strongly.  I was simply trying to
> indicate to the user that UTF-8 locales should be preferred unless
> there is a good reason to use a different character set.  This is
> really aimed at users who don't know what the difference is, and might
> no be sure what's most appropriate.  If they are new users, UTF-8 is
> probably the right choice for them.

Agreed.  We have no suggestive description in the selection of
charsets, your thought helps users when they choose charset.

Regards,
-- gotom