[GuidelinesChange] UTF8 filenames

[Peter Gordon]

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 17:07 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> I like the simplicity of "Every filename must be encoded as UTF-8."  But
> if we just leave it at that some people in "ASCII speaking countries"
> are sure to ask, "So how do I convert ASCII to UTF-8?"  Maybe something
> like:

Well, UTF-8 is a full superset of ASCII; so simply stating that "Every
filename must be encoded as UTF-8" would mean that any ASCII-only
filenames are inherently acceptable. We could add a clarification, of
course, such as something to the effect of: "Please note that UTF-8 is a
superset of ASCII, thus ASCII-only filenames are also acceptable."

Thanks.
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