Re: Bug#143941: define a usable character set for description/maintainer name etc.
>>"Junichi" == Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> writes:
Junichi> The text is already being used, and they are dumping random
Junichi> text there. It should either be restricted to 7-bit code,
Sounds like a plan. So we restrict the control file to ASCII?
Junichi> or allowed to utf-8. Tools can follow. Tools cannot process
Junichi> random data. I think it will take a bit of preparation time
Junichi> before things can be converted to compliant character code,
Junichi> whatever that may be.
Junichi> At least, some kind of recommendation of the restriction should exist
Junichi> there, even though there is a lack of tool supporting it.
Or we restrict things to what we can currently support, and
then ease the restrictions as the capability grows?
manoj
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