> I would have preferred to see and discuss the patch before
We did. The patch is OK but Vincent will build in support for \{ then it will
go in.
> (i.e., whether we backport only this part or also the other changes from the
patch).
Sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought that the from_utf8 part should be backported, so I quickly did
it. Of course also the rest of the patch can and should be backported.
> And I would have preferred the usual procedure to apply to trunk first and
backport later.
Sorry also for this.
>> I don't know if to mention it in the status15 file
>
> Sure. This fixes a critical bug.
I wasn't sure what to write, since I only backported a part of the patch. All a
big misunderstanding.
I will btw. be off longer the next weeks and cannot do the backport work.
regards Uwe