* Julian Gilbey [Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:19:45 +0000]:
Hi,
> Oh, foobar. Just reading RFC 2047, and realising that unless we know
> the encoding of DEBFULLNAME, we're pretty stuffed. Do we assume it's
> UTF-8, or ISO-8859-1, or what?
> Any suggestions?
The user should provide DEBFULLNAME encoded in `locale charmap`. My
guess would be that it'll be UTF-8 most of the time, 'cause the
changelog, another place where DEBFULLNAME is used, has to be UTF-8
(but e.g. a convoluted editor setup would allow for it to be ISO-8859
and for the changelog to be written in UTF-8).
So either assume UTF-8, or use the value of `locale charmap` (or its
equivalent in Perl).
Thanks,
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