Bug#207455: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#207455: packages.debian.org: HTML-encodes multi-byte characters as single bytes)
reopen 207455
thanks
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 20:18:28 -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > UTF-8 multi-byte characters in package descriptions appear single-
> > character encoded on packages.d.o.
>
> Uh, yeah, because, like, the encoding of the description is not regulated?
>
> File bugs on the broken packages or something.
Why is a package considered broken when its description is UTF-8
encoded? Policy requires changelogs to be UTF-8 encoded, hence the
maintainer name is UTF-8 encoded, which has to match the maintainer
field in debian/control. When the maintainer field in debian/control
is UTF-8 encoded, so why is a package broken, when the rest of that
file is UTF-8 encoded as well?
Why is the idea wrong, to correctly encode multi-byte characters in
create_package_pages.pl, and must not be fixed? Please tag this bug
wontfix if you disagree, but leave it open. Thanks.
Kind regards,
Martin
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