On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:40:07PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > The problem is that we have no way to know what encoding an individual > > Debian Changelog entry is in. > The problem is that my point entirely flew over your head. The point was, > as usual, that Policy is not designed to be a stick to beat people with, > and that it does not have to precede implementation. > You can already complain at people who use e.g. Latin 1 in changelogs. Once > a released version of the Policy manual gets a shiny and bright new sentence > saying "Use Unicode" (just in a roundabout, somewhat patronizing kind of > way), the only thing that will change is that if someone complains at people > who use UTF-8 in changelogs, a new retort will be available, "THE POLICY > MADE ME DO IT!!1!", or similar. Common sense already dictates that untagged, non-ASCII characters should not be used in documents that must be parsed in a multilingual environment (e.g., the planet Earth). Specifying UTF8 as an encoding for changelogs is to *permit* something which is desirable but not sensibly achievable in the absence of a policy for it. I'm more than happy to beat people for using non-UTF8 characters in changelog with the stick I'm currently holding -- no need to roll up Policy for this purpose. ;) -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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