* Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050201 21:55]: > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 07:27:53PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote: > >> I have a question about the encoding of the files in the Debian > >> subdirectory. AFAIK it's recommended to use ASCII only in debian/control > >> (AFAIK the policy does not contain a note about this problem). But what > >> to do with debian/copyright and special characters in names? Is there > >> any recommendation for the encoding? Should UTF-8 be used as encoding to > >> avoid misspelling a name? If there is no recommendation, I want to know, > >> what you think about this? > > > > Current de-facto standard is: Use UTF-8, use only the latin alphabet > > (i.e., no chinese or something). > > > > There is no policy on it (yet), expect one after sarge.
> There is: > > file:///usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-dpkgchangelog > > The problem is only that the name in changelog has to match the name in > control/dsc and friends, and it says that some tools still have problems > with utf-8 in control files. However, I've been using utf-8 for tetex's > changelog and control for months, with my name in it, and I never heard > of any problems. Sometimes, my buildds stumble about such changelog entries (as the signed gpg-mail is not correctly recognized). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
