Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4)

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From: Horst H. von Brand

Subject: Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4)

Date: Sunday, January 7, 2007 - 6:40 pm

Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:

[...]

quoted text> All that UTF-8 has done is added to the "which charset is this data"
> problem rather than actually solving any proper real life problem.

It solves real-world problems, the pain is that it is not (yet) universally
used. The charset problems today are much more visible today than, say, 15
years back, that is all.
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Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Linus Torvalds, (Sat Jan 6, 11:19 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 3:56 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 4:44 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Akula2, (Sun Jan 7, 5:15 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 5:55 am)

OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Jan 7, 6:06 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Alan, (Sun Jan 7, 6:23 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Akula2, (Sun Jan 7, 6:38 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Willy Tarreau, (Sun Jan 7, 6:53 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Akula2, (Sun Jan 7, 7:23 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), David Woodhouse, (Sun Jan 7, 8:13 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 8:38 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), David Woodhouse, (Sun Jan 7, 9:29 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 10:06 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Alan, (Sun Jan 7, 11:21 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 12:11 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 12:12 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 12:17 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Russell King, (Sun Jan 7, 12:20 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Jan 7, 12:29 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Robin Rosenberg, (Sun Jan 7, 12:58 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Dave Jones, (Sun Jan 7, 1:05 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Sean, (Sun Jan 7, 1:15 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 1:40 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Willy Tarreau, (Sun Jan 7, 1:48 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Peter Osterlund, (Sun Jan 7, 1:57 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Peter Osterlund, (Sun Jan 7, 2:04 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Xavier Bestel, (Sun Jan 7, 2:07 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Gene Heskett, (Sun Jan 7, 2:22 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Alan, (Sun Jan 7, 3:30 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Linus Torvalds, (Sun Jan 7, 3:50 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 4:37 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 5:22 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches available, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 5:25 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches available, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun Jan 7, 5:33 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Willy Tarreau, (Sun Jan 7, 5:38 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, David Miller, (Sun Jan 7, 6:00 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 6:03 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Willy Tarreau, (Sun Jan 7, 6:14 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions, Bernhard Schmidt, (Sun Jan 7, 6:20 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 6:22 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Jan 7, 6:32 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4) , Horst H. von Brand, (Sun Jan 7, 6:40 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 6:45 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Jan 7, 6:59 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), David Woodhouse, (Sun Jan 7, 9:42 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Peter Osterlund, (Sun Jan 7, 11:38 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 7, 11:52 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Adrian Bunk, (Mon Jan 8, 1:02 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Mariusz Kozlowski, (Mon Jan 8, 7:50 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Sylvain Munaut, (Mon Jan 8, 7:58 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Dmitry Torokhov, (Mon Jan 8, 8:50 am)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Pavel Machek, (Mon Jan 8, 9:14 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Jean Delvare, (Mon Jan 8, 12:11 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Valdis.Kletnieks, (Mon Jan 8, 12:53 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Mon Jan 8, 1:17 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Peter Osterlund, (Mon Jan 8, 1:49 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, David Miller, (Mon Jan 8, 2:52 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Ken Moffat, (Mon Jan 8, 3:00 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Tim Pepper, (Mon Jan 8, 3:17 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Patrick McHardy, (Mon Jan 8, 3:33 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Peter Osterlund, (Mon Jan 8, 4:02 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Jan 8, 4:12 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Mon Jan 8, 4:21 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Jan Engelhardt, (Mon Jan 8, 4:30 pm)

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4), Eberhard Moenkeberg, (Mon Jan 8, 4:34 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Mon Jan 8, 5:38 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Greg KH, (Mon Jan 8, 5:56 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Mon Jan 8, 7:05 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Adrian Bunk, (Mon Jan 8, 8:42 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Adrian Bunk, (Mon Jan 8, 10:25 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches (v2), Adrian Bunk, (Mon Jan 8, 10:51 pm)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, David Woodhouse, (Tue Jan 9, 12:04 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Sylvain Munaut, (Tue Jan 9, 12:14 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Greg KH, (Tue Jan 9, 12:18 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, David Woodhouse, (Tue Jan 9, 12:28 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, David Miller, (Tue Jan 9, 12:39 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Jan 9, 2:04 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Jan 9, 2:07 am)

Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc4, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, (Tue Jan 9, 2:08 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jan 9, 10:58 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Malte , (Tue Jan 9, 11:08 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jan 9, 11:30 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Adrian Bunk, (Tue Jan 9, 1:28 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Vladimir V. Saveliev, (Wed Jan 10, 5:24 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Nick Piggin, (Wed Jan 10, 6:00 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), Adrian Bunk, (Wed Jan 10, 10:10 pm)

2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches (v3), Adrian Bunk, (Wed Jan 10, 10:13 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), Nick Piggin, (Wed Jan 10, 11:43 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), Adrian Bunk, (Thu Jan 11, 1:45 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), Jiri Kosina, (Thu Jan 11, 3:21 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), Adrian Bunk, (Thu Jan 11, 3:54 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v3), CIJOML, (Thu Jan 11, 4:08 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Vladimir V. Saveliev, (Thu Jan 11, 6:12 am)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches (v3), David Chinner, (Thu Jan 11, 2:39 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches (v3), Andrew Morton, (Thu Jan 11, 3:02 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known regressions with patches (v3), David Chinner, (Thu Jan 11, 4:05 pm)

Re: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2), Nick Piggin, (Thu Jan 11, 4:53 pm)