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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.0
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
This proposal aims to use UTF-8 encoding not only for debian/changelog,
but also for debian/control. Patch attached, as well as plain text for
better reading.
Kind regards,
Martin
--- debian-policy-3.6.1.0.orig/policy.sgml Tue Aug 19 14:32:23 2003
+++ debian-policy-3.6.1.0/policy.sgml Sun Aug 31 13:30:14 2003
@@ -2250,6 +2250,12 @@
See <ref id="substvars"> for details.
</p>
+ <p>
+ It is recommended that the control fields be encoded in
+ UTF-8 encoding, see <ref id="pkg-dpkgchangelog"> for
+ further information on this.
+ </p>
+
</sect>
<sect id="binarycontrolfiles">
5.2. Source package control files -- `debian/control'
-----------------------------------------------------
The `debian/control' file contains the most vital (and
version-independent) information about the source package and about
the binary packages it creates.
The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the
source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary
package that the source tree builds.
The fields in the general paragraph (the first one, for the source
package) are:
* `Source' (mandatory)
* `Maintainer' (mandatory)
* `Section' (recommended)
* `Priority' (recommended)
* `Build-Depends' et al
* `Standards-Version' (recommended)
The fields in the binary package paragraphs are:
* `Package' (mandatory)
* `Architecture' (mandatory)
* `Section' (recommended)
* `Priority' (recommended)
* `Essential'
* `Depends' et al
* `Description' (mandatory)
The syntax and semantics of the fields are described below.
These fields are used by `dpkg-gencontrol' to generate control files
for binary packages (see below), by `dpkg-genchanges' to generate the
`.changes' file to accompany the upload, and by `dpkg-source' when it
creates the `.dsc' source control file as part of a source archive.
The fields here may contain variable references - their values will be
substituted by `dpkg-gencontrol', `dpkg-genchanges' or `dpkg-source'
when they generate output control files. See Section 4.9, `Variable
substitutions: `debian/substvars'' for details.
It is recommended that the control fields be encoded in UTF-8
encoding, see Section C.2.2, ``debian/changelog'' for further
information on this.
C.2.2. `debian/changelog'
-------------------------
See Section 4.4, `Debian changelog: `debian/changelog''.
It is recommended that the entire changelog be encoded in the UTF-8
(http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2279.html) encoding of
Unicode (http://www.unicode.org/).[1]
[1] Support for Unicode, and specifically UTF-8, is steadily increasing
among popular applications in Debian. For example, in unstable, GNOME
2 has excellent support (almost level 2) in almost all its
applications; the big remaining one is gnome-terminal, of which one
requires development versions in order to support UTF-8 (available in
Debian experimental now if you want to play). I think that by the
time sarge is released, UTF-8 support will start to hit critical mass.
I think it is fairly obvious that we need to eventually transition to
UTF-8 for our package infrastructure; it is really the only sane
charset in an international environment. Now, we can't switch to
using UTF-8 for package control fields and the like until dpkg has
better support, but one thing we can start doing today is requesting
that Debian changelogs are UTF-8 encoded. At some point in time, we
can start requiring them to do so.
Checking for non-UTF8 characters in a changelog is trivial. Dump the
file through
iconv -f utf-8 -t ucs-4
discard the output, and check the return value. If there are any
characters in the stream which are invalid UTF-8 sequences, iconv will
exit with an error code; and this will be the case for the vast
majority of other character sets.
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.8.1.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.8.1.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.8.1.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.8.1.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.1.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <[email protected]> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 143941 163666 241333 416450 426877 446712 470994 473019 473439 479080
483418 487701 488039 489460 491985 492624 503685 511804 513955 514326
Changes:
debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
Wording: Steve Langasek <[email protected]>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Closes: #426877
* Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: #489460
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]>
Closes: #241333
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>
Closes: #143941
* Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>
Closes: #416450
* Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>
Closes: #473019
* Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Jörg Sommer <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: #479080
* Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <[email protected]>
Closes: #470994
* Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
Wording: Kel Modderman <[email protected]>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[email protected]>
Closes: #513955
* Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
Wording: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <[email protected]>
Closes: #514326
* Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <[email protected]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: #446712
* Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
* Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
* Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
Contract. (Closes: #473439)
* Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
* Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
* Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
* Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
* Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
* Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
status on success to avoid double-negatives.
* Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
* Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
fewer packages.
* Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
links was completed long ago.
* Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
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