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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:00:23 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] UTF-8 locale by default
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> We're ignoring a very basic question here... what problems does
> shipping with a POSIX locale cause that would be fixed by setting a UTF8
> default locale???  I want a real answer.  Not something along the lines
> of "But daddy, all the other kids are doing it".
>

Try reading the rest of the thread before posting a rant.

Diego mentioned the python issue. As well, there are many test suites
that malfunction without a UTF-8 or en_US.UTF-8 locale. If you hunt
through Bugzilla, you can probably dig up other issues.