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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Patch Logs vs. character sets
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Patch Logs vs. character sets |
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Mon, 07 Jun 2004 18:20:17 +0900 |
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
Tom> There is a standard solution in this kind of situation: from
Tom> the ascii+non-specific point of view there should be some
Tom> data that says how the "non-specific" data is encoded. In
Tom> this case, that means adding an encoding header to log
Tom> messages, picking a namespace for encodings, making
Tom> iso-8859-1 the retroactive default, and that's that.
Helping to maintain such solutions has been my life in open source.
Tom> The funny thing about that solution
Hey, as you describe it, it works for me. I argued the point because
IMO it's _not_ going to work _reliably_ for exactly the people who
need it most. Good luck to them; I hope you're right.
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