Re: How much utf-8 do we accept in control files?
* Denis Barbier (barbier@linuxfr.org) [040407 08:55]:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 10:43:59PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > currently, there are a quite some requests open how much utf-8 is
> > acceptable in control-files. Currently at least the following requests are
> > open:
> > #99324: Default charset should be UTF-8
> > #142164: Packages files should be in UTF-8
> > #208011: [PROPOSAL] UTF-8 encoding for debian/control
> > #241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug
> >
> > Furthermore, some maintainers use already utf-8 for their name (this means
> > in debian/control and in the changelog).
> >
> > It seems quite obvious to me that we shouldn't switch to utf-8 in the control
> > files before release of sarge. However, it seems also obvious to me that we
> > won't escape allowing utf-8 in the long run. Therefor, I'd suggest to
> > officially allow utf-8 (but encourage to stick to ascii) in the control
> > files after release of sarge, and till then allow utf-8 only for the
> > maintainer/uploader name (as the current use is).
> Packages with non UTF-8 characters in their description:
> [...]
It seems important to me that we now decide how to procede (and
actually enforce this decision then):
- Accept utf-8, and reject any package with non-utf-8-characters
(please note that ascii-characters are also utf-8-characters)
- Stick to ascii only, and enforce this.
Do you all agree that we need to go one way of these?
Cheers,
Andi
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