Re: [PATCH] crypto: convert crypto.h to UTF-8

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>]

On May 3 2007 11:35, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote:
>
>> >non-stupid/non-broken distributions of GNU/Linux and other major Un*ces 
>> >should be based on (or at least compatible with) UTF-8 in basic 
>> >operations. Files like the keymaps will be more work to convert, but they 
>> >can be as well.
>> >
>> >I'm operating on the assumption that anything in the tree that isn't UTF-8 
>> >is ISO-8859-1. Of course, I'm also checking it by hand to make sure a 
>> >small-O-with-umlaut doesn't become the Klingon logo...
>> 
>> This is probably all you'll ever see:
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/8/222
>
>Does this mean you're doing it and I'll be ignored, or that few people 
>care and I'll be ignored?

Nah. I did a walkthrough once, and my discoveries were that
iso-8859-{2 .. 14} was a real minority if not nonexistant,
leaving you with almost obvious choices to guess what a file's
encoding is. If a name looks good, it must be UTF8 already.
Else try ISO-8859-1. If it still looks odd -- perhaps because
it's a weirdo character like "1/2" or it "does not sound right",
try cp437. etc.

> I figure if I just repost my patches to LKML 
>once per month, they'll eventually get merged (or at least I'll get 
>comments on how people actually want them). Things are tough on a 
>high-volume list. I think the git method may have the best chance of 
>success. We'll see.
>

Jan
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