Re: [2.6 patch] UTF-8 fixes in comments

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Apr 30 2008 - 15:43:49 EST


Helge Hafting wrote:
It would not surprise me if some distros botch utf-8 through negligence.
They are based in english-speaking countries and have their biggest
user bases there - the majority of their customers aren't going to use more than ascii so why should they bother.

Well, we were talking about Mandriva, which is a Brazilian-French company, their main languages are Portugese and French; you'd think they'd notice themselves. Most likely there was something in Willy's configuration that buggered it up.

-hpa

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