Bug#374997: ITP: utf8-migration-tool -- tool to migrate a Debian system to UTF-8
to, 2006-06-22 kello 23:56 +0200, Denis Barbier kirjoitti:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:21:15PM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: "Martin-Éric Racine" <q-funk@iki.fi>
> >
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> > * Package name : utf8-migration-tool
> > Version : 0.4
> > Upstream Authors: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@canonical.com>, Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@iki.fi>
> > * URL : http://q-funk.iki.fi/debian/pool/u/utf8-migration-tool/
> > * License : GPL
> > Programming Lang: Python, GTK2+
> > Description : tool to migrate a Debian system to UTF-8
> > This wizard upgrades legacy system locales to their UTF-8 equivalent. It
> > also informs users whenever files in their home directory still utilize
> > legacy encodings.
> > *****
> >
> > This started as an Ubuntu tool to enable easy migration to UTF-8 for both
> > locale settings and user file encodings. Tollef says that since Ubuntu has
> > been UTF-8 by default for a few releases already, they are not likely to
> > further develop it and invited me to take over development, so I have.
> >
> > I have found this tool very usefull to help me locate remaining files in my
> > home directory that are still in a legacy encoding and to check system files
> > for UTF-8 locales utilization.
> >
> > Given how Etch is going to be the first Debian release with UTF-8 locales by
> > default, I figure that it could be a usefull migration tool for others as well.
> >
> > Frans Pop suggest it could be worth mentioning in Etch's Release Notes and
> > recommended that I filed an ITP.
> >
> > I would gladly welcome co-maintainance with Debian's i10n/i18n team.
>
> What are his benefits over convmv?
convmv is good at doing recursive batch conversions from command line.
utf8-migration-tool is good at inspecting and reporting the encoding,
and it operates as a user-friendly GUI druid written in PyGTK.
The telling takes longer than the showing, so I invite interested
parties to simply try it. The package is arch:all and available in my
personal repository (source+binary).
--
Martin-Éric Racine
http://q-funk.iki.fi
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