[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/tests test_dist.py, 1.1, 1.2

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:08:57 +0100, Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> wrote:
> fdrake at users.sourceforge.net writes:
> 
> > PEP 314 implementation (client side):
> 
> I'm not sure where I should post this, but shouldn't there be a way to
> specify the encoding of the metadata?  There are people (not me,
> fortunately), with umlauts in their names, for example.

UTF-8 as the default would accommodate most uses, but it does seem
essential to have some way of specifying an encoding.

Jeremy