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Bug#143941: Mandate UTF-8 for control files



This transition is already complete in the archive, so this change catches
Policy up with current practice.  The new paragraph would go into Policy
5.1 (Syntax of control files).  Seconds?

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 24c9072..0f9fbdc 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2344,6 +2344,9 @@ Package: libc6
 	  would mean a new paragraph.
 	</p>
 
+	<p>
+	  All control files must be encoded in UTF-8.
+	</p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect id="sourcecontrolfiles">

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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