This bug seems solved from version 1:1.4.3.3-1 according to project changelog ("gitweb: Show project descriptions with utf-8 characters in project list").
I also attach a gitweb screenshot taken from Feisty. Could you please upgrade to Feisty package and verifiy it? ** Attachment added: "gitweb screenshot" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5429330/screenshot.png -- gitweb doesn't handle utf8 in /etc/passwd names https://launchpad.net/bugs/70536 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs