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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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