[issue41143] distutils uses the locale encoding for the .pypirc file

Steve Dower added the comment: Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP 632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils. If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If

[issue41143] distutils uses the locale encoding for the .pypirc file

Éric Araujo added the comment: Probably should have been specified as UTF-8, but now compatibility would prevent changing it. I recommend no change. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue41143] distutils uses the locale encoding for the .pypirc file

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka : I have not found any mention about the encoding of .pypirc files. Currently distutils uses the locale encoding for reading and writing them. It makes them potentially nonportable if they contain non-ASCII data (not sure if it is possible) and depending