Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Colin Walters
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 16:40, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > The problem is that we have no way to know what encoding an individual > > Debian Changelog entry is in. > > The problem is that my point entirely flew over your head. The point was

Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:40:07PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > The problem is that we have no way to know what encoding an individual > > Debian Changelog entry is in. > The problem is that my point entirely flew over your head. Th

Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > The problem is that we have no way to know what encoding an individual > Debian Changelog entry is in. The problem is that my point entirely flew over your head. The point was, as usual, that Policy is not designed to be a stick to b

Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Colin Walters
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 08:23, Josip Rodin wrote: > Ahm. You need it written in the Policy manual to use a 16-bit charset? As Steve points out, the size of the code space isn't particularly relevant. > I don't see all those (7|8)-bit-charset-using people requiring the same... The problem is that

Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 02:23:36PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:35:38PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > I've seen some UTF-8-encoded debian/changelog files but I haven't > > seen anything mentioning it is allowed in Debian Policy. > > > > According to #174982, the p

Re: Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:35:38PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > I've seen some UTF-8-encoded debian/changelog files but I haven't > seen anything mentioning it is allowed in Debian Policy. > > According to #174982, the proposal has been accepted but the bug > is still open. When is this p

Status of UTF-8 Debian changelogs

2003-06-05 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, I've seen some UTF-8-encoded debian/changelog files but I haven't seen anything mentioning it is allowed in Debian Policy. According to #174982, the proposal has been accepted but the bug is still open. When is this planned for? Thanks. -- Jérôme Marant