GNU bug report logs - #20231
25.0.50; package.el mangles non-ascii content in downloaded archive-contents data

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Message #40 received at 20231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
Cc: steve <at> sanityinc.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>, 20231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20231: 25.0.50;
 package.el mangles non-ascii content in downloaded archive-contents
 data
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:02:59 -0400

>> It is also slower.  Again, I have no idea if speed matters in this
>> case.
> I vote for the fastest approach. Now that package-refresh can be done
> in the background, any post-processing done in the foreground is all
> the more noticeable by the user.

Either way is fine by me.  Just one detail, tho: if you let-bind
coding-system-for-read, please only do it around the call to
insert-file-contents and not around the subsequent code (even if it's
short and seems not to matter).


        Stefan

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