Upstream confirms the existing odd behavior is required for historical reasons that is difficult to change at this point.
A bash alias might make sense as a workaround if this is bothersome. For Ubuntu I don't think this is crucial enough to carry a delta versus upstream, that could cause inconsistencies for users familiar with its behavior on other distros. ** Changed in: tidy-html5 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1914865 Title: `tidy -utf` treated as `tidy -u -t -f` instead of as `tidy -utf8`, with no error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/tidy-html5-mirror/+bug/1914865/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs