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



On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:29:41PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> >     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.

However, "Arne Götje" is not an ASCII transcription.  :)

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