Package: dpkg-dev-el Version: 24.10-1 Severity: wishlist It'd be nice if emacs defaulted to utf-8 for debian changelog files, perhaps with this in 50dpkg-dev-el.el,
(modify-coding-system-alist 'file "/changelog\\.Debian\\'" 'utf-8) (modify-coding-system-alist 'file "/debian/changelog\\'" 'utf-8) Policy (version 3.6.2.1 part C.2.2) recommends utf8, and lintian (version 1.23.8) gives an error debian-changelog-file-uses-obsolete-national-encoding if it sees non-utf8. Lintian has an error for the control file likewise, debian-control-file-uses-obsolete-national-encoding, so maybe that should similarly default to utf8 (though I don't spot a mention in policy about that). -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_AU) Versions of packages dpkg-dev-el depends on: ii debian-el 24.10-1 Emacs helpers specific to Debian u ii emacs21 [emacsen] 21.4a-1 The GNU Emacs editor Versions of packages dpkg-dev-el recommends: ii wget 1.10-1 retrieves files from the web -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]