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34<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Character Sets for Portage Tree Items</td> 33<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Character Sets for Portage Tree Items</td>
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36<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.2</td> 35<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.4</td>
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38<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Ciaran McCreesh &lt;ciaranm&#32;&#97;t&#32;gentoo.org&gt;</td> 37<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Ciaran McCreesh &lt;ciaranm&#32;&#97;t&#32;gentoo.org&gt;</td>
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40<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0031.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2004/11/01 20:24:06</a></td> 39<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0031.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2005/10/30 21:35:50</a></td>
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42<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Draft</td> 41<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body">Approved</td>
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48<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">27-October-2004</td> 47<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">27-Oct-2004</td>
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50<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-Date:</th><td class="field-body">28-October-2004, 1-November-2004</td> 49<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">28-Oct-2004, 1-Nov-2004, 11-Nov-2004</td>
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55<div class="contents topic" id="contents"> 54<div class="contents topic" id="contents">
56<p class="topic-title first"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p> 55<p class="topic-title first"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p>
57<ul class="simple"> 56<ul class="simple">
58<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id9" name="id9">Abstract</a></li> 57<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id9" name="id9">Abstract</a></li>
58<li><a class="reference" href="#status" id="id10" name="id10">Status</a></li>
59<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id10" name="id10">Motivation</a></li> 59<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id11" name="id11">Motivation</a></li>
60<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id11" name="id11">Specification</a><ul> 60<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id12" name="id12">Specification</a><ul>
61<li><a class="reference" href="#changelog-and-metadata-character-sets" id="id12" name="id12">ChangeLog and Metadata Character Sets</a></li> 61<li><a class="reference" href="#changelog-and-metadata-character-sets" id="id13" name="id13">ChangeLog and Metadata Character Sets</a></li>
62<li><a class="reference" href="#ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets" id="id13" name="id13">Ebuild and Eclass Character Sets</a></li> 62<li><a class="reference" href="#ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets" id="id14" name="id14">Ebuild and Eclass Character Sets</a></li>
63<li><a class="reference" href="#files-entries-character-sets" id="id14" name="id14">files/ Entries Character Sets</a></li> 63<li><a class="reference" href="#files-entries-character-sets" id="id15" name="id15">files/ Entries Character Sets</a></li>
64<li><a class="reference" href="#suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names" id="id15" name="id15">Suitable Characters for File and Directory Names</a></li> 64<li><a class="reference" href="#suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names" id="id16" name="id16">Suitable Characters for File and Directory Names</a></li>
65</ul> 65</ul>
66</li> 66</li>
67<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id16" name="id16">Backwards Compatibility</a></li> 67<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id17" name="id17">Backwards Compatibility</a></li>
68<li><a class="reference" href="#references" id="id17" name="id17">References</a></li> 68<li><a class="reference" href="#references" id="id18" name="id18">References</a></li>
69<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id18" name="id18">Copyright</a></li> 69<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id19" name="id19">Copyright</a></li>
70</ul> 70</ul>
71</div> 71</div>
72<div class="section" id="abstract"> 72<div class="section" id="abstract">
73<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1> 73<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id9" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
74<p>A set of guidelines regarding what characters are permissible in the 74<p>A set of guidelines regarding what characters are permissible in the
75portage tree and how they should be encoded is required.</p> 75portage tree and how they should be encoded is required.</p>
76</div> 76</div>
77<div class="section" id="status">
78<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" name="status">Status</a></h1>
79<p>Approved on 8-Nov-2004 assuming that implementation will include
80documentation for correctly encoding files within nano.</p>
81</div>
77<div class="section" id="motivation"> 82<div class="section" id="motivation">
78<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1> 83<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1>
79<p>At present we have several developers and many more users whose names 84<p>At present we have several developers and many more users whose names
80require characters (for example, accents) which are not part of the 85require characters (for example, accents) which are not part of the
81standard 'safe' 0..127 ASCII range. There is no current standard on how 86standard 'safe' 0..127 ASCII range. There is no current standard on how
82these should be represented, leading to inconsistency across the tree.</p> 87these should be represented, leading to inconsistency across the tree.</p>
83<p>Although the issues involved have been discussed informally many times, no 88<p>Although the issues involved have been discussed informally many times, no
84official decision has been made.</p> 89official decision has been made.</p>
85</div> 90</div>
86<div class="section" id="specification"> 91<div class="section" id="specification">
87<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id11" name="specification">Specification</a></h1> 92<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="specification">Specification</a></h1>
88<div class="section" id="changelog-and-metadata-character-sets"> 93<div class="section" id="changelog-and-metadata-character-sets">
89<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="changelog-and-metadata-character-sets">ChangeLog and Metadata Character Sets</a></h2> 94<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" name="changelog-and-metadata-character-sets">ChangeLog and Metadata Character Sets</a></h2>
90<p>It is proposed that UTF-8 (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id5" id="id1" name="id1">[1]</a>) is used for encoding ChangeLog and 95<p>It is proposed that UTF-8 (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id5" id="id1" name="id1">[1]</a>) is used for encoding ChangeLog and
91metadata.xml files inside the portage tree.</p> 96metadata.xml files inside the portage tree.</p>
92<p>UTF-8 allows the full range of Unicode (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id6" id="id2" name="id2">[2]</a>) characters to be expressed, 97<p>UTF-8 allows the full range of Unicode (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id6" id="id2" name="id2">[2]</a>) characters to be expressed,
93which is necessary given the diversity of the Gentoo developer- and 98which is necessary given the diversity of the Gentoo developer- and
94user-base. It is character-compatible with ASCII for the 0..127 99user-base. It is character-compatible with ASCII for the 0..127
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97widely supported, widely used and an official standard.</p> 102widely supported, widely used and an official standard.</p>
98<p>The ISO-8859-* character sets (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id7" id="id3" name="id3">[3]</a>) would <em>not</em> be appropriate since they 103<p>The ISO-8859-* character sets (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id7" id="id3" name="id3">[3]</a>) would <em>not</em> be appropriate since they
99cannot express the full range of required characters.</p> 104cannot express the full range of required characters.</p>
100</div> 105</div>
101<div class="section" id="ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets"> 106<div class="section" id="ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets">
102<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id13" name="ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets">Ebuild and Eclass Character Sets</a></h2> 107<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" name="ebuild-and-eclass-character-sets">Ebuild and Eclass Character Sets</a></h2>
103<p>For the same reasons as previously, it is proposed that UTF-8 is used as 108<p>For the same reasons as previously, it is proposed that UTF-8 is used as
104the official encoding for ebuild and eclass files.</p> 109the official encoding for ebuild and eclass files.</p>
105<p>However, developers should be warned that any code which is parsed by bash 110<p>However, developers should be warned that any code which is parsed by bash
106(in other words, non-comments), and any output which is echoed to the 111(in other words, non-comments), and any output which is echoed to the
107screen (for example, einfo messages) or given to portage (for example any 112screen (for example, einfo messages) or given to portage (for example any
108of the standard global variables) must not use anything outside the 113of the standard global variables) must not use anything outside the
109regular ASCII 0..127 range for compatibility purposes.</p> 114regular ASCII 0..127 range for compatibility purposes.</p>
110</div> 115</div>
111<div class="section" id="files-entries-character-sets"> 116<div class="section" id="files-entries-character-sets">
112<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id14" name="files-entries-character-sets">files/ Entries Character Sets</a></h2> 117<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" name="files-entries-character-sets">files/ Entries Character Sets</a></h2>
113<p>Patches must clearly be in the same character set as the file they are 118<p>Patches must clearly be in the same character set as the file they are
114patching. For other files/ entries (for example, GNOME desktop files), 119patching. For other files/ entries (for example, GNOME desktop files),
115consistency with the upstream-recommended character set is most sensible.</p> 120consistency with the upstream-recommended character set is most sensible.</p>
116</div> 121</div>
117<div class="section" id="suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names"> 122<div class="section" id="suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names">
118<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id15" name="suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names">Suitable Characters for File and Directory Names</a></h2> 123<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" name="suitable-characters-for-file-and-directory-names">Suitable Characters for File and Directory Names</a></h2>
119<p>Characters outside the ASCII 0..127 range cannot safely be used for file 124<p>Characters outside the ASCII 0..127 range cannot safely be used for file
120or directory names. (Of course, not all characters inside the ASCII 0..127 125or directory names. (Of course, not all characters inside the ASCII 0..127
121range can be used safely either.)</p> 126range can be used safely either.)</p>
122</div> 127</div>
123</div> 128</div>
124<div class="section" id="backwards-compatibility"> 129<div class="section" id="backwards-compatibility">
125<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id16" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1> 130<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1>
126<p>The existing tree uses a mixture of encodings. It would be straightforward 131<p>The existing tree uses a mixture of encodings. It would be straightforward
127to fix existing ChangeLogs and metadata files to use UTF-8.</p> 132to fix existing ChangeLogs and metadata files to use UTF-8.</p>
128<p>The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">echangelog</span></tt> tool is character-set agnostic. In order to properly 133<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">echangelog</span></tt> tool is character-set agnostic. In order to properly
129enter UTF-8, developers would have to switch to a UTF-8 shell session. 134enter UTF-8, developers would have to switch to a UTF-8 shell session.
130This only applies if the developer is entering new text which uses 'fancy' 135This only applies if the developer is entering new text which uses 'fancy'
131characters -- existing characters are not mangled.</p> 136characters -- existing characters are not mangled.</p>
132<p>Certain text editors are incapable of handling UTF-8 cleanly. However, 137<p>Certain text editors are incapable of handling UTF-8 cleanly. However,
133since the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">echangelog</span></tt> tool is generally the correct way to generate 138since the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">echangelog</span></tt> tool is generally the correct way to generate
134ChangeLog entries, this should not be a major problem. Generating 139ChangeLog entries, this should not be a major problem. Generating
135metadata.xml files correctly in these editors could become problematic. 140metadata.xml files correctly in these editors could become problematic.
136The <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">vim</span></tt> and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">emacs</span></tt> editors, which appear to be most widely used, 141The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">vim</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">emacs</span></tt> editors, which appear to be most widely used,
137are both capable of handling UTF-8 cleanly -- for vim, this could be 142are both capable of handling UTF-8 cleanly -- for vim, this could be
138configured automatically via the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-syntax</span></tt> (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id8" id="id4" name="id4">[4]</a>) package.</p> 143configured automatically via the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gentoo-syntax</span></tt> (<a class="footnote-reference" href="#id8" id="id4" name="id4">[4]</a>) package.</p>
139</div> 144</div>
140<div class="section" id="references"> 145<div class="section" id="references">
141<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" name="references">References</a></h1> 146<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" name="references">References</a></h1>
142<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="id5" rules="none"> 147<table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="id5" rules="none">
143<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> 148<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
144<tbody valign="top"> 149<tbody valign="top">
145<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1" name="id5">[1]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3629.html">RFC 3629</a>: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646 150<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1" name="id5">[1]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3629.html">RFC 3629</a>: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
146<a class="reference" href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt</a></td></tr> 151<a class="reference" href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3629.txt</a></td></tr>
147</tbody> 152</tbody>
148</table> 153</table>
149<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="id6" rules="none"> 154<table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="id6" rules="none">
150<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> 155<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
151<tbody valign="top"> 156<tbody valign="top">
152<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2" name="id6">[2]</a></td><td>ISO/IEC 10646 (Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set)</td></tr> 157<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2" name="id6">[2]</a></td><td>ISO/IEC 10646 (Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set)</td></tr>
153</tbody> 158</tbody>
154</table> 159</table>
155<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="id7" rules="none"> 160<table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="id7" rules="none">
156<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> 161<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
157<tbody valign="top"> 162<tbody valign="top">
158<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id3" name="id7">[3]</a></td><td>ISO/IEC 8859 (8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets)</td></tr> 163<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id3" name="id7">[3]</a></td><td>ISO/IEC 8859 (8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets)</td></tr>
159</tbody> 164</tbody>
160</table> 165</table>
161<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="id8" rules="none"> 166<table class="docutils footnote" frame="void" id="id8" rules="none">
162<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup> 167<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
163<tbody valign="top"> 168<tbody valign="top">
164<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id4" name="id8">[4]</a></td><td>The app-vim/gentoo-syntax package, 169<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id4" name="id8">[4]</a></td><td>The app-vim/gentoo-syntax package,
165<a class="reference" href="https://developer.berlios.de/projects/gentoo-syntax/">https://developer.berlios.de/projects/gentoo-syntax/</a></td></tr> 170<a class="reference" href="https://developer.berlios.de/projects/gentoo-syntax/">https://developer.berlios.de/projects/gentoo-syntax/</a></td></tr>
166</tbody> 171</tbody>
167</table> 172</table>
168</div> 173</div>
169<div class="section" id="copyright"> 174<div class="section" id="copyright">
170<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1> 175<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1>
171<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p> 176<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p>
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