Re: Bug#208011: [PROPOSAL] UTF-8 encoding for debian/control
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 11:16:39PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:37:32PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote:
> > > > > > Some control files contain non-ASCII characters, there is no reason not
> > > > > > to mandate UTF-8 instead of random encodings.
> > > >
> > > > Either you choose to mandate UTF-8, or you choose to forbid any encoding
> > > > other than ASCII7.
> > >
> > > The latter is de facto the current situation. That some control files
> > > violate the unwritten rule just says something about their maintainers,
> > > really...
> >
> > Right, it mostly means that their name contains non-ASCII letters.
>
> And that they are unwilling to conform, unlike everyone else. Issues should
> be fixed (e.g. by patching the packaging system and whatever else), not
> blithely ignored by putting whatever the fuck one wants in the control file.
Really? Then tell us why you fucked up maint-guide-{de,es,ja,pl,ru}
descriptions.
Anyway I fail to see which problems arise with this proposal, could someone
enlighten me?
Denis
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