Bug#440420: [PROPOSAL] Manual page encoding
(resending that mail that apparently never made it to its recipients)
Quoting Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org):
> Christian Perrier seconded this here:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440420#100
>
> However, since later discussion indicated that we should drop the .UTF-8
> business, I think we can also drop it from the policy proposal. (Manual
> pages still shouldn't lie about their encoding if they install files
> there, but since this will not be the recommended default there is no
> reason to bloat policy with it.)
>
> Here's another updated version. Christian, are you still OK with this?
> I'm also looking for at least one more second for this proposal.
Yes, I'l still OK. But as I said, not because I have that much
authority on that matter but more because I trust you for doing what's
right, indeed..:)
It seems that very few seconds came for that proposal. I essentially
think that this does not mean this is a bad suggestion but mostly that
most people were afraid and impressed by the level of detail of the
rationale.
That does not make the proposal bad, indeed, and I really warmly
suggest we adopt it.
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