Bug#661933: debian-policy: mandate UTF-8 encoding for copyright files

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Subject: Bug#661933: debian-policy: mandate UTF-8 encoding for copyright files
From: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:20:03 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20120302182003.GA2318@jwilk.net>
Reply-to: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>, 661933@bugs.debian.org

Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist

I propose that all copyright files must use UTF-8 encoding. Lintian hasbeen emitting a warning for copyright files using obsolete nationalencodings since 2007 and there are not many packages left:


http://lintian.debian.org/tags/debian-copyright-file-uses-obsolete-national-encoding.html

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Jakub Wilk

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