Re: Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded

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Subject: Re: Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 22:45:13 +0100
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Previously Colin Walters wrote:
> #99933 goes a lot farther than #174982.  First of all, we can't even
> suggest that people use UTF-8 in package control fields until all our
> tools support it.  Right now it is just plain broken to put anything but
> ASCII in them.

Right. I'm tempted to make the next dpkg release abort if people try
that.

Wichert.

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References:
- Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
  - From: Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
- Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
  - From: Radovan Garabik <garabik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk>
- Re: Bug#174982: [PROPOSAL]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded
  - From: Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>

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