Fred, thats good news. It seems there is already a Debian bug open about packaging that new version, which I'll link.
Its highly unlikely FSF will re-license readline. It very specifically has a GPL license so as to encourage software authors to use the GPL. I see no issue at all with the php package.. libedit is really the only piece of software preventing you from entering the characters. So, marking the php5 task as Invalid. ** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: libedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #579729 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579729 ** Also affects: libedit (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579729 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - Cant type some characters in readline() + libedit lacks utf-8 support -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816758 Title: libedit lacks utf-8 support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libedit/+bug/816758/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs