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

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Charles Plessy wrote:

> after more than one month of discussion, we have not reached a conclusion.
[...]
> Can others comment how they would like to see this bug solved ?

I think wording (requiring UTF-8 filenames) is probably the
appropriate next step.  Yes, maybe not everyone will agree on the
initial wording, but having a base to build on makes constructive
feedback a lot easier.

Some issues were mentioned before regarding different characters with
similar looking glyphs, normalization forms, and unusual characters
that are not widely supported.  But if the initial wording doesn't
manage to nudge the packager in the right direction on those issues, I
don't mind.

Thanks,
Jonathan