Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

To: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 241333@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug
From: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:10:14 +0200
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Reply-to: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>, 241333@bugs.debian.org
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* Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) [070704 20:05]:
> I think it may be time to talk to the release time about making non-UTF-8
> changelog or control files RC.  Maybe we can finally put this transition
> to bed for lenny (and upgrade Policy correspondingly to a must).

I doubt I'd like another class of RC bugs jump out, but calling that a
release goal seems logical to me somehow. (But this isn't the offical
blessing of course.)


Cheers,
Andi
-- 
  http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/

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- Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug
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- Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug
  - From: Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>
- Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug
  - From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>

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