On Sat, 2010-09-04 at 16:08 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 12:37:07AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Aurelien Jarno, le Fri 03 Sep 2010 19:16:40 +0200, a écrit : > > > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 04:20:27PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > Roger Leigh, le Fri 03 Sep 2010 14:52:39 +0100, a écrit : > > > > > There were no objections to having a UTF-8 locale installed and > > > > > available by default, just to it *being* the default. Taking this > > > > > first small step is IMO important to do, preferably for squeeze if > > > > > possible. Since it's a tiny one-liner change, this should be no > > > > > trouble in getting this done. > > > > > > > > I believe so too, I just didn't want to push it too much, but yes, I > > > > believe that's something that shouldn't break Squeeze at all. > > > > > > That's not something allowed anymore at this period of the freeze, you > > > will have to get an exception from the release team first. > > > > Ok. I don't feel any urgency so I won't ask for it myself. > > Well, the big advantage to have it in squeeze is that this allows squeeze+1 > to rely on > it without worrying with partial upgrades. > > For me, the fact that d-i already provides it is a major point in favor of > C.UTF-8, because > this show that this actually work and is useful.
I agree. I think that the impact of having a guaranteed UTF-8 locale available is only positive. It may be that nothing presently depends on it, but for that very reason it should be fine to promote to the release team for a freeze exception. Regards, Andrew McMillan. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrew (AT) morphoss (DOT) com +64(272)DEBIAN Pyros of the world... IGNITE !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org