On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 06:39:47PM +0100, Nikolai Prokoschenko wrote: > I must have missed the discussion, as this question should have been > raised several times: If the first stage of the installer uses UTF-8 > anyway, wouldn't it be wiser to configure the second step also into > UTF-8 and thus make UTF-8 the default encoding? > > BTW, I know the console is currently almost uncapable of UTF-8, but > anyway -- it won't ever be, as I see it... Redhat has done the step, > what should be done, so that Debian can also?
Let's make sure we don't make the same mistake as Red Hat of making UTF-8 the default in advance of good software support for it. Red Hat's premature decision caused *lots* of problems. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
