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Re: Change of SM default_charset to UTF-8

by Miro Konecny :: Rate this Message:

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>Od: Paul Lesniewski [mailto:paul@...]
>>> The above change will have zero impact on existing installations, since
>>> this template file is used just for fetching defaults during first SM
>>> installation. Anyway, I do belive that setting this to UTF-8 is a good way
>>> to express our common preference for UTF-8 and initiate migration towards
>>> it.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>
>> Personally I like it, Miro. It has been discussed before and it can
>> certainly be done in the development version. As for 1.4.18 I'm not sure.
>> I'd like to have some testing time in 1.5.2 SVN first.
>>
>> What do the rest of the list think? If I see no objections I'll go ahead
>> and commit your suggested change to 1.5.2.
>
>My previous suggestion was to turn 1.5.3 into UTF-only. Leave 1.5.2
>as-is and make the full change in 1.5.3 (not just default charset).

Actually this is exactly what we ended up with last year when Thijs
proposed changing default_charset:

http://www.nabble.com/Make-default_charset-utf-8--td17445544.html

So for 1.5.2 I'd also vote for full change to UTF-only.

For 1.4.18, I suggested just to change the default_charset, which I believe
is less dangerous than changing any of the translations. Note that change
of a translation's charset automatically applies to all users upgrading from
previous SM versions, while the proposed change of default_charset only
applies to users installing SM for the first time, since conf.pl only reads the
defaults file if config.php doesn't exist yet.

However, it could be loudly mentioned in e.g. release notes which might
motivate people to try it out and provide some feedback. Even if something
goes wrong, it's just a config setting with well-known modification possibility.

Regards, MK

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