Re: Bug#701081: debian-policy: mandate an encoding for filenames in binary packages

[Michael Shuler <michael@pbandjelly.org>]

On 03/16/2013 05:40 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
>> For me, allowing the correct spellings of words and the correct
>> names of things to be represented in file names is important enough
>> to rise to an ethical goal that I would advocate adopting.
> 
> This.  Among the examples listed the only one I found convincing was
> 
> Certinomis_-_Autorité_Racine.crt

All the current UTF-8 files installed for ca-certificates:

AC_Raíz_Certicámara_S.A..crt
Certinomis_-_Autorité_Racine.crt
EBG_Elektronik_Sertifika_Hizmet_Sağlayıcısı.crt
NetLock_Arany_=Class_Gold=_Főtanúsítvány.crt
TÜBİTAK_UEKAE_Kök_Sertifika_Hizmet_Sağlayıcısı_-_Sürüm_3.crt

> But naming files after real entities (like Certinomis) is both
> harmless and a good application of a universal character encoding.

Indeed.

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Kind regards,
Michael Shuler