bugMHonArc - Bugs: bug #22427, no utf-7 support

 
 

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bug #22427: no utf-7 support

Submitter:  Alvaro Herrera <alvherre>
Submitted:  Tue 26 Feb 2008 10:18:46 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Character Sets Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Undesired Behavior
Status:  Wont Fix Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Closed
Operating System:  Linux Perl Version:  5.8.8
Component Version:  2.6.16 Fixed Release:  N/A

Thu 28 Feb 2008 04:49:11 PM UTC, comment #1: 

UTF-7 was never adopted as a standard and its use is
discouraged.  This may be the first time I've seen
an example of its use in the real-world.

Perl's Encode module should support utf-7.  Therefore,
if utilizing the TEXTENCODE resource to normalize all
test to a single encoding, utf-7 encoded strings should
be converted.  Using TEXTENCODE is recommended when working
with archives that may contain multiple languages.  It
also provides performance advantages over relying on
CHARSETCONVERTERS.

Unless someone contributes a utf-7 converter for use with
CHARSETCONVERTERS, utf-7 will only be supported the
TEXTENCODE route.

Note, one may do the following if basic conversion of
utf-7 encoded strings in message headers is desired
and TEXTENCODE is not being used:

<CharsetConverters>
utf-7; mhonarc::htmlize
</CharsetConverters>

It is not a perfect solution, but it may adequate for
most cases.

Earl Hood <ehood>
Group administrator
Tue 26 Feb 2008 10:18:46 PM UTC, original submission:  

It seems there is no support for UTF-7 encoding.  Example of MHonArc archive:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2008-02/msg00060.php

The same email on another archive:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.db.postgresql.performance/14938/focus=14939

I took a peek at the encoding code in MHonArc, but I think adding support for a new encoding is a bit over my head.

Thanks for a great software.

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2009-05-03 ehood Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2009-05-03 ehood StatusNone Wont Fix
        Fixed Release N/A

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