Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-02-06 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the last few weeks, I've been working on just that. I'm slowly > writing a full framebuffer-based terminal emulator which will support > all the bi-di string specifications of ECMA-48, with full separatio

Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-01-26 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 02:53:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> > By this, I'm not talking about enforcing this character code on the >> > whole Debian system, but see to that: 1) Installing systems with

Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-01-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 02:53:52PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > > By this, I'm not talking about enforcing this character code on the > > whole Debian system, but see to that: 1) Installing systems with > > UTF-8 is easier, also with locales not strictly in need of > > this. UTF-8 as default is not

Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-01-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 26-01-2005 15:53, Roger Leigh wrote: >>>2) See to that all Debian packages handles UTF-8 properly. > > > This is a policy issue. Not all packages need to handle it, so this > should be a reccommendation rather than a requirement. For example, >

Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-01-26 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Harald Thingelstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Most basic problems with use of UTF-8 (both in languages and > standard libraries) should have been fixed now, and as I see it, > it's time to head for easier integration of UTF-8, system-wide. Agreed.

Bug#292330: project: UTF-8 as default

2005-01-26 Thread Harald Thingelstad
Package: project Severity: wishlist Tags: l10n Most basic problems with use of UTF-8 (both in languages and standard libraries) should have been fixed now, and as I see it, it's time to head for easier integration of UTF-8, system-wide. By this, I'm not talking about enforcing this character cod