Re: Some points to discuss in the beta
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 07:23:22PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> Beside some bugs I've already fixed in the Beta, there are some points
> I found where we should discuss if they are bugs:
>
> 1) we have now a check control-file and a check control-files. Wouldn't
> it be better to rename one of these two? This may lead to confusion
> sometimes.
Disclaimer: drunk, no opinion at this moment.
> 2) The checking for obsolete encoding was verbatim copied from the
> changelog check to the control file check. Which brings us in the middle
> of one of the debian-policy flame wars: policy mandates UTF-8 for
> changelog files, does this automatically mean that it is mandated for
> control files, too? I would prefer if we could take a neutral position
> here until this is decided some time.
Here I do have an opinion: Currently, only (7-bit) ASCII is catered for.
_if_ people decide to put 'strange' characters there, I think consensus
is quite clear it should be UTF-8, at least, I've so far seen nobody
even stating he disagrees, which is quite a feat withing Debian.
--Jeroen
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