From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S37Wj-0001kT-4z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:02:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B88D3E086B for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E4AEE085C for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcsd17 with SMTP id d17so188710qcs.40 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:08:42 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of camille.huot@gmail.com designates 10.224.181.66 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.224.181.66; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of camille.huot@gmail.com designates 10.224.181.66 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=camille.huot@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=camille.huot@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.224.181.66]) by 10.224.181.66 with SMTP id bx2mr5090919qab.68.1330603722874 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:08:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=uMAbUdDzF2q2qdSjYiJodmuODdvwlW4O3htKaH03EHQ=; b=ocYhSMxbUhSxmnVcaCQRmMp9zfpwi7ajCiXjz2nlABEnbVR3Ty8SncWptDs2DPSaC7 ejBB/uiCY/FTw/QEzwb7siAHuI8w4aFk5UZaN+ORWztovwgLQoCfpllAXI8/nltlJweo UdjFf+N+r53gaJY08lOf66/XRBvcKmxr9ZU+s= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.181.66 with SMTP id bx2mr4222006qab.68.1330603722809; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:08:42 -0800 (PST) Sender: camille.huot@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.208.136 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:08:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.208.136 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:08:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F4F5A44.9040501@gentoo.org> References: <20120228211133.GO27655@gentoo.org> <20120301080036.GC756@gentoo.org> <20303.20351.367788.79112@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <4F4F5A44.9040501@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:08:42 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: fZzr16EOUAOfV5NqmwVOSSASjPk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items -- Council meeting 2012-03-13 From: Camille Huot To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf30334f913c224d04ba2d52de X-Archives-Salt: 8180642a-2d2c-4be9-a222-32fe3feb9b43 X-Archives-Hash: b8b8c92cdab377cc384e707e0511dc56 --20cf30334f913c224d04ba2d52de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A posix/utf8 combination that wouldn't break anything is perfect. Furthermore if Debian already did it. On Mar 1, 2012 12:15 PM, "Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n" wrote: > Ulrich Mueller schrieb: > > > > If we change the default, we should use a less intrusive approach > > and change LC_CTYPE only, which is the relevant variable that > > controls the character encoding functions. > > LC_CTYPE will affect transliteration too. Introducing a C.UTF-8 (or > POSIX.UTF-8) locale like Debian did could be done without possibly > subjecting users to unexpected transliteration results of e.g. > Cyrillic or German umlauts. > > > Best regards, > Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n > > > > --20cf30334f913c224d04ba2d52de Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

A posix/utf8 combination that wouldn't break anything is perfect. Fu= rthermore if Debian already did it.

On Mar 1, 2012 12:15 PM, "Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Ch= ristopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n" <c= hithanh@gentoo.org> wrote:
Ulrich Mueller schrieb:
>
> If we change the default, we should use a less intrusive approach
> and change LC_CTYPE only, which is the relevant variable that
> controls the character encoding functions.

LC_CTYPE will affect transliteration too. Introducing a C.UTF-8 (or
POSIX.UTF-8) locale like Debian did could be done without possibly
subjecting users to unexpected transliteration results of e.g.
Cyrillic or German umlauts.


Best regards,
Ch=C3=AD-Thanh Christopher Nguy=E1=BB=85n



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