This bug proposes adding to Policy a requirement that Debian use UTF-8 everywhere in all files and file names and as the default character set for all locales. It has been open for many years in part because it's implications are so widespread as to be difficult to act on and in part because non-UTF-8 character sets are still in preferred use in some locales and it's not clear whether UTF-8 will ever completely replace other character sets for some locales (particularly Asian languages).
I am therefore rejecting this proposal at this time as premature. We have been converting parts of the distribution to use UTF-8 and those more limited proposals will remain open (#99933, #143941, #241333, #246016). I hope to resolve many of them with the next release of Policy, particularly the ones that have already been implemented in practice. If you disagree with the rejection of this proposal for reasons that weren't raised in the prior bug discussion, please raise them in this bug. If you disagree with the rejection of this proposal for reasons already raised in the discussion, the path of appeal for a Policy proposal rejection is to the tech-ctte. See http://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte for how to make an appeal to the tech-ctte. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
