I've looked at the patch: as much as I hate encoding issues, I don't feel that diverging like this from an active upstream in this behavior is a good idea.
If upstream accepts the patch (and if there is no answer in a couple of days I will poke him for an answer) I have no problem applying the patch to the current debian package, to prevent further delays while we wait for their next release. -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org