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- Subject: [PROPOSAL] UTF-8 encoding for debian/control
- From: Martin Godisch <martin@godisch.de>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:35:36 +0200
- Message-id: <20030831113536.GA4121@carlos.godisch.de>
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.1.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This proposal aims to use UTF-8 encoding not only for debian/changelog, but also for debian/control. Patch attached, as well as plain text for better reading. Kind regards, Martin--- debian-policy-3.6.1.0.orig/policy.sgml Tue Aug 19 14:32:23 2003 +++ debian-policy-3.6.1.0/policy.sgml Sun Aug 31 13:30:14 2003 @@ -2250,6 +2250,12 @@ See <ref id="substvars"> for details. </p> + <p> + It is recommended that the control fields be encoded in + UTF-8 encoding, see <ref id="pkg-dpkgchangelog"> for + further information on this. + </p> + </sect> <sect id="binarycontrolfiles">5.2. Source package control files -- `debian/control' ----------------------------------------------------- The `debian/control' file contains the most vital (and version-independent) information about the source package and about the binary packages it creates. The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary package that the source tree builds. The fields in the general paragraph (the first one, for the source package) are: * `Source' (mandatory) * `Maintainer' (mandatory) * `Section' (recommended) * `Priority' (recommended) * `Build-Depends' et al * `Standards-Version' (recommended) The fields in the binary package paragraphs are: * `Package' (mandatory) * `Architecture' (mandatory) * `Section' (recommended) * `Priority' (recommended) * `Essential' * `Depends' et al * `Description' (mandatory) The syntax and semantics of the fields are described below. These fields are used by `dpkg-gencontrol' to generate control files for binary packages (see below), by `dpkg-genchanges' to generate the `.changes' file to accompany the upload, and by `dpkg-source' when it creates the `.dsc' source control file as part of a source archive. The fields here may contain variable references - their values will be substituted by `dpkg-gencontrol', `dpkg-genchanges' or `dpkg-source' when they generate output control files. See Section 4.9, `Variable substitutions: `debian/substvars'' for details. It is recommended that the control fields be encoded in UTF-8 encoding, see Section C.2.2, ``debian/changelog'' for further information on this. C.2.2. `debian/changelog' ------------------------- See Section 4.4, `Debian changelog: `debian/changelog''. It is recommended that the entire changelog be encoded in the UTF-8 (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2279.html) encoding of Unicode (http://www.unicode.org/).[1] [1] Support for Unicode, and specifically UTF-8, is steadily increasing among popular applications in Debian. For example, in unstable, GNOME 2 has excellent support (almost level 2) in almost all its applications; the big remaining one is gnome-terminal, of which one requires development versions in order to support UTF-8 (available in Debian experimental now if you want to play). I think that by the time sarge is released, UTF-8 support will start to hit critical mass. I think it is fairly obvious that we need to eventually transition to UTF-8 for our package infrastructure; it is really the only sane charset in an international environment. Now, we can't switch to using UTF-8 for package control fields and the like until dpkg has better support, but one thing we can start doing today is requesting that Debian changelogs are UTF-8 encoded. At some point in time, we can start requiring them to do so. Checking for non-UTF8 characters in a changelog is trivial. Dump the file through iconv -f utf-8 -t ucs-4 discard the output, and check the return value. If there are any characters in the stream which are invalid UTF-8 sequences, iconv will exit with an error code; and this will be the case for the vast majority of other character sets.Attachment: pgpjyTeonzCVa.pgp
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- Subject: Bug#143941: fixed in debian-policy 3.8.1.0
- From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:47:02 +0000
- Message-id: <E1Lhcow-0006in-QN@ries.debian.org>
Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 3.8.1.0 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: debian-policy_3.8.1.0.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0.dsc debian-policy_3.8.1.0.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0.tar.gz debian-policy_3.8.1.0_all.deb to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 143941@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700 Source: debian-policy Binary: debian-policy Architecture: source all Version: 3.8.1.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Description: debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents Closes: 143941 163666 241333 416450 426877 446712 470994 473019 473439 479080 483418 487701 488039 489460 491985 492624 503685 511804 513955 514326 Changes: debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low . * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Closes: #426877 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Closes: #489460 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> Closes: #241333 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Closes: #143941 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Closes: #416450 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Closes: #473019 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Closes: #479080 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org> Closes: #470994 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de> Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> Closes: #513955 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> Closes: #514326 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with # Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> Closes: #446712 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418) * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong for wording review. (Closes: #163666) * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main, contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social Contract. (Closes: #473439) * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039) * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi Noritada. (Closes: #487701) * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985) * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification" uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624) * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685) * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero status on success to avoid double-negatives. * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804) * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far fewer packages. * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc links was completed long ago. * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright. 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