Bug#701081: debian-policy: mandate an encoding for filenames in binary packages
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 06:01:10PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 12:18:37AM +0100, Julian Gilbey a écrit :
> >
> > For consistency, I guess this should be /usr/games rather than
> > /usr/games/.
>
> > The final paragraph seems a little bit vague; would "should be
> > restricted to ASCII when it is possible to do so" be clearer? For if
> > Unicode characters can be represented in ASCII, they almost always
> > would be. This alternative wording would suggest that using
> > characters such as em-dashes or non-breaking spaces or the like is not
> > good (though I doubt people would use them as filenames of packaged
> > files!).
>
> Thanks everybody for the feedback. I am ready to commit the patch,
> updated following Julian's suggestions. But strictly speaking, I
> need one more formal seconding statement for this :)
I'm happy to second the proposal.
Julian
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