Rejected: Bug#99324: Default charset should be UTF-8
This bug proposes adding to Policy a requirement that Debian use UTF-8
everywhere in all files and file names and as the default character set
for all locales. It has been open for many years in part because it's
implications are so widespread as to be difficult to act on and in part
because non-UTF-8 character sets are still in preferred use in some
locales and it's not clear whether UTF-8 will ever completely replace
other character sets for some locales (particularly Asian languages).
I am therefore rejecting this proposal at this time as premature. We have
been converting parts of the distribution to use UTF-8 and those more
limited proposals will remain open (#99933, #143941, #241333, #246016). I
hope to resolve many of them with the next release of Policy, particularly
the ones that have already been implemented in practice.
If you disagree with the rejection of this proposal for reasons that
weren't raised in the prior bug discussion, please raise them in this bug.
If you disagree with the rejection of this proposal for reasons already
raised in the discussion, the path of appeal for a Policy proposal
rejection is to the tech-ctte. See http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte
for how to make an appeal to the tech-ctte.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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