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Bug#143941: Mandate UTF-8 for control files



On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 03:27:12PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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">

Seconded.


Kurt

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