Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-07-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070704 20:05]: > I think it may be time to talk to the release time about making non-UTF-8 > changelog or control files RC. Maybe we can finally put this transition > to bed for lenny (and upgrade Policy correspondingly to a must). I doubt I'd like another clas

Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-07-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Pretty much all of the tools that read debian/control assume that it is > > in UTF-8, including the BTS, so even though it isn't a mandate of > > policy, it's effectively mandated by the tools that actually use

Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-07-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Comments? > Pretty much all of the tools that read debian/control assume that it is > in UTF-8, including the BTS, so even though it isn't a mandate of > policy, it's effectively mandated by the tools that act

Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-07-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > Comments? Pretty much all of the tools that read debian/control assume that it is in UTF-8, including the BTS, so even though it isn't a mandate of policy, it's effectively mandated by the tools that actually use these files. > Also, while we're looking

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2007-07-04 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 241333 require UTF-8 encoding in changelogs and control files Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug Changed Bug title to `require UTF-8 encoding in changelogs and control files' from `policy menti

Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-07-04 Thread Russ Allbery
retitle 241333 require UTF-8 encoding in changelogs and control files thanks Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 04:09:51 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:02:52 -0600 (CST), Adam Heath said: >> > This is not supported by any tool in debian. >>

Bug#241333: policy mentions that changelogs should be utf-8; this is a bug

2007-05-26 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi, On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 04:09:51 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:02:52 -0600 (CST), Adam Heath said: > > This is not supported by any tool in debian. > > Control files are ascii, 7-bit, period. And, when generating the > > .changes for an upload, the changelog is includ