[a] Use UTF-8 > -----Original Message----- > From: Hervé BOUTEMY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 August 2008 20:43 > To: Maven Users List > Subject: [POLL] Default Value for Reports Output Encoding > > Dear community, > > The Maven team is currently discussing a proposal about the future > handling > of reporting output file encoding by the various plugins, please see > our wiki > article [0] for all details. > > A controversial aspect of this proposal is which file encoding should > be > assumed in case the user did not specify this in the POM. This poll > should > help us to come to a well-founded decision. > > These are the two possible directions to go: > > a) use fixed UTF-8 encoding > > b) use same encoding as source files > > > Approach a) is simple and sould work for everybody, since any character > can be > output in UTF-8. > Approach b) is more subtle and mimics the behaviour of javadoc tool. > Since > reports contain more data than source content, there are cases where > this > default value won't be appropriate (for example, if project's > description in > pom.xml contains characters that can't be output with source files > encoding). > > > So, please let us know: > > [a] Use UTF-8 > [b] Use source files encoding > > Regards, > > > Hervé > > > [0] > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Reporting+Encoding+Configuration > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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