Hi Bob, * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 04:48:58PM CET: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >Didn't add a thank you note to the last ChangeLog entry yet -- > >are the Libtool developers alright with UTF-8 encoded ChangeLog*, > >THANKS, (maybe eventually AUTHORS) files? > > Text files don't support a standard way to specify their encoding. > Now if these files were expressed in XML, then there *would* be a > standard way to specify their encoding.
Well, the next default thing to ASCII would be UTF-8 these days. Did I mention before that I will _not_ start using XML? > This seems like an issue to push up to RMS and crew since use of UTF-8 > or any other encoding should be specified in the GNU coding standards. > It does not seem right that contributors whos names are not adequately > expressable via plain old ASCII do not obtain the same benefit as > others. On the other hand, if text files are expected to be ASCII by > default, then the rest of the world will not see their names > appropriately. ACK. Will take this up to bug-standards. > >Any emacs-foo I'd need to add at the top or bottom? > > Is emacs now required in order to maintain libtool? No, but apparently emacs requires all sorts of little -*-blabla-*- thingies at tops and bottoms of files. Since it's the $EDITOR I rarely use but that is used regularly by Libtool developers, I thought I'd prevent mistakes before they could happen. :) > >Are CVS/arch/whatever fine with the change? > > They should not care. Fine. Regards, Ralf
