Subj : UTF-8 nodelist report
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Mar 09 2025 18:04:37

Hello Nicholas,

On Sunday March 09 2025 08:13, you wrote to me:

 >> Nah, as far as the nodelist goes, it is either just ASCII or UTF-8.
 >> No more codepage shit.

 NB> Agreed.

Thank you.

My notoriously unreliable memory tells me that you name should actually be spelled "Boël" with two dots on the 'e'. Is that correct?

 NB> As an aside, one could simply run the UTF-8 generated nodelist through
 NB> a conversion utility (like iconv or similar) to ensure that it is
 NB> proper UTF-8, before being distributed to the rest of the world,
 NB> rather than having a weekly report that shows an error that you say
 NB> will most likely never be fixed (due to someone being stubborn and/or
 NB> proud that they are the one creating the error on purpose?).

This particular problem could indeed be easely fixed at the ZC's side. But it should not be needed. Plus that it is hard to fight against someone knwowingly and willingly looking for loopholes to derail the system. If this particular loophole were blocked it could easely turn into an arms race that benefits no one. The weekly error may be the lesser evil...


Cheers, Michiel

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