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Bug#208011: [PROPOSAL] UTF-8 encoding for debian/control



On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 01:35:36PM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote:
> This proposal aims to use UTF-8 encoding not only for debian/changelog,
> but also for debian/control. Patch attached, as well as plain text for
> better reading.

Objection. Not until it is supported by the relevant tools. There are
a number of bugs open on dpkg itself about this, without even
considering the higher-level tools.

A proposal requiring control files to be ASCII only might be more
appropriate.

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