Re: How much utf-8 do we accept in control files?

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

Andreas Barth wrote:

> * Denis Barbier (barbier@linuxfr.org) [040407 08:55]:

<snip>
>> 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?
Yes, *definitely* one or the other.  :-)  IMNSHO, people should go ahead and
file bugs against packages with non-UTF-8 characters in the control
file.  :-)

> Cheers,
> Andi

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