https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15914
--- Comment #7 from Roan Kattouw <[email protected]> 2009-07-25 18:07:14 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #0) > > causes many XML > > manipulation programs like xmlstarlet to trash any special characters > > inside. > > To me it looks that many XML manipulation programs are broken and should be > fixed, regardless of whether we output something that merely states the > obvious > (UTF-8 is the default encoding if nothing else is specified). > It seems that there are both XML parsers that mess up stuff when utf-8 is *not* specified, and those that mess up stuff when it *is* specified (which was probably why I was asked to remove it in the first place). If that is the case, there's not really anything we can do to appease both compliant and non-compliant parsers, like we could with the xml:space="preserve" issue. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
