Kevin Ryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Very good idea. I'll admit to being very confused about this encoding. When this policy came into effect, I was under the impression that regular accented (8-bit ASCII) were identical and wouldn't change. But this doesn't seem to be the case and I'll had problems with Jérôme Marant's changelogs. I never took the time to understand it all, but now's the time. Thanks for the push! Peter
