Re: How much utf-8 do we accept in control files?
Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * Siggy Brentrup [Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:43:38 +0200]:
>
>> Let me try to reformulate: if we allow anything not representable in
>> ascii in control fields, I see no valid argument to prohibit any
>> alphabet (set of glyphs used to display names etc. in any language)
Right, that I agree with. :-)
>> Without a complete set of fonts installed there is no way to even
>> distinguish maintainer names written in their own language.
>
> I'd suggest that names always included an ASCII (or perhaps even
> Latin1) transcripction. For example, I've seen lately in d-devel a
> some posts from "Arne Götje (高盛華)". At home, I just see empty
> squares between the brackets; a few hours ago at a friend's I could
> see they were eastern glyphs, because an appropiate font was
> installed.
Actually, that sounds like a very reasonable idea; names can be in whatever
language (UTF-8 only of course), but must include an ASCII transcription
for "compatibility" purposes.
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