Le jeudi 18 novembre 2010 à 14:07 +0100, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL a écrit : > As simple user I don't agree. Indeed, firstly with utf8 systems it is > hard to communicate with Windows world, and it's however necessary in > daily life. Moreover, for users which come from Windows, it would mean > accents problems ... and it's impossible to convert thousands of old > files into utf8 (names and/or contents): dangerous and long. So I think > it's necessary to maintain iso, which works fine until now, even if > sometimes workarounds (orca) and adaptations (OOo) are necessary.
The problem doesn’t come from Windows, which is a full-Unicode operating system. It comes from software with no character set support, for example various zip implementations. We cannot encourage users to setup a crippled system for such improper reasons. -- .''`. : :' : “You would need to ask a lawyer if you don't know `. `' that a handshake of course makes a valid contract.” `- -- J???rg Schilling -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
