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From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>
To: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-python <gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org>, python@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Supporting non-UTF-8 locales
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:09:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1361128192.3997.191.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ0EP42aWhOWUJMThDL3T7FCF1MyLSOJG2p8KGW+=bSuB34J0w@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 13:48 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:

> My vote would be to not support non-UTF-8 locales -- it just isn't
> worth the effort.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

+1, but I'm not also using/needing a non-utf8 locale.  Those that do
need a non-utf8 locale need to speak up as for the reasons.

Perhaps if more distros force utf-8 locales, then those apps/sites that
are using non-utf-8 will migrate their code to a utf-8 equivalent
(hopefully)



  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-17 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-17 18:48 [gentoo-python] Supporting non-UTF-8 locales Mike Gilbert
2013-02-17 19:09 ` Brian Dolbec [this message]
2013-02-18  7:36 ` IAN DELANEY
2013-02-18  8:59 ` Michał Górny
2013-02-18 15:12   ` Mike Gilbert
     [not found] ` <CAKmKYaBN1QyX8M5trT1tvp-om+_9F7w1YkXvYJuNOeZhzoScjg@mail.gmail.com>
2013-02-18 15:20   ` [gentoo-python] " Mike Gilbert

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