From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765104AbYD3Tns (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762582AbYD3Tnj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:39 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:39019 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760335AbYD3Tnj (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4818CBB7.9070401@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:42:47 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Helge Hafting CC: Willy Tarreau , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, trivial@kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] UTF-8 fixes in comments References: <20080428154023.GU2813@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080428230524.GK8474@1wt.eu> <48167A07.4000305@kernel.org> <20080429050605.GA27875@1wt.eu> <20080429072911.GA28059@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080429081423.GD30507@1wt.eu> <4816E4FD.5060605@aitel.hist.no> <20080429100934.GB1473@1wt.eu> <481838A0.2060507@aitel.hist.no> In-Reply-To: <481838A0.2060507@aitel.hist.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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