Hello X hackers,
please, please fix this bug before Sarge gets released. Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > uxterm is now the default alternative for x-terminal-emulator; however, > debian-installer does not set an UTF-8 locale for my language (nb_NO). I just ran into this bug with my fresh Sarge install, too. :-( > Thus, I'd expect uxterm to behave like Branden thought it did; quote > Branden on IRC: "uxterm doesn't start a UTF-8 xterm if no UTF-8 locale > is set". > > However, uxterm does. If no UTF-8 locale is set (in LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or > LANG), uxterm forcibly adds .UTF-8 to one of those ands starts an xterm > with -u8. From my point of view, this is broken; IMO this behaviour is not broken, but a special feature. Though this might be a matter of debate. However, as long as uxterm overrides the current locale, it _clearly_ should not be given a higher priority than the plain xterm in the Debian alternatives system. > I am using a non-UTF-8 > locale (and don't even have any UTF-8 locales generated), yet > x-terminal-emulator (which is the default in almost all window managers > in Debian) starts up using UTF-8. This means that my xterms suddenly use > a different character set from my aterms or eterms or whatnot, and even > more important, they use a different character set from my ssh sessions > and Linux consoles. They use a different character set and thus, with no UTF locale available, a broken keymap. I think this will break x-terminal-emulator for _many_ new installed Sarge systems. To make it worse, the x-terminal-emulator alternative was bound to plain xterm in Woody, and the change is hidden deep in the changelog. So I strongly second Steinar's proposal (of which I prefer the first solution): > My proposed solution is to do one or more of the following (in no > particular order): > > 1. Make xterm the default x-terminal-emulator again. > 2. Make uxterm not mess with the locale if it isn't UTF-8. > 3. Make debian-installer set UTF-8 locales by default for _all_ > languages. Please do not let Sarge ship with this bug. All the best, Nikolaus
