Hi all,
Please forgive [ignore] my intrusion to the list if it is unwelcome.
I have been reading the recent threads on Alex's work on UTF-8 with
interest.
As a UK (English) based LFS user/builder I have, so far, had no problem
using a standard LFS build. However, it has seemed to me that almost all
new IT systems and Web Services platforms are using UTF-8 encoding. I am
therefore planning to build my next LFS as a UTF-8.
My point to this list is really about the "whys"...
* Why is UTF-8 important to linux users (especially English speaking)?
* Why should anyone bother about it in the first place?
* What does UTF-8 offer that ISO-8859-x does not?
I think this could do with a bit of discussion. The USA/English world
doesn't, on the face of it, have anything to gain from going to a UTF-8
based format, however, I believe this is the way forward for *everyone*
and should perhaps have a greater emphasis in the LFS project as a
whole. Aren't most of the major linux distributions now using UTF-8?
If I can help, Alex, I would be happy to help build/develop an english
language UTF-8 system for comparison/analysis.
Apologies if this is noise....
Al
LFS ID: 216
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