GNU bug report logs - #35507
Gnus mojibakifies UTF-8 text/x-patch attachments from Thunderbird

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:22:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#35507: Gnus mojibakifies UTF-8 text/x-patch attachments from Thunderbird
Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 08:35:27 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 01 May 2019 20:34:46 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    >> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> Date: Wed, 01 May 2019
    >> 17:22:19 +0200 Cc: 35507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
    >> 
    >> I think utf-8 is a good fallback if the message doesnʼt specify
    >> a charset. Itʼs not going to produce any worse effects than
    >> what we have now.

    Eli> What considerations led you to that conclusion?

If the message requires a charset, gnus might produce
mojibake. Assuming utf-8 reduces the chance of that happening. Itʼs
true that in particular cases a different charset should be used, but
in that case the existing assumption of ASCII is wrong as well.

Robert
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