Gentoo Archives: gentoo-python

From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-python <gentoo-python@l.g.o>
Cc: python@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Supporting non-UTF-8 locales
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:12:57
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41EWt_9KV0G8YjQ8m2ibfdGV-nvgTcfAekoNoJLvVp2xg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-python] Supporting non-UTF-8 locales by "Michał Górny"
1 On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:48:28 -0500
3 > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> My vote would be to not support non-UTF-8 locales -- it just isn't
6 >> worth the effort.
7 >>
8 >> Thoughts?
9 >
10 > How about following upstream here? Reporting the bugs upstream, letting
11 > them fix or WONTFIX them, and following their judgment.
12 >
13
14 I suspect a common outcome will be the the third option: upstream
15 ignores the bug. But it still seems like a sensible thing to do.
16
17 For any other user, I would tell them to report the bug upstream
18 themselves. I'll have to see how Diego responds to that. ;-)