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

 
 

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bug #22427: no utf-7 support

Submitted by:  Alvaro Herrera <alvherre>
Submitted on:  Tue 26 Feb 2008 10:18:46 PM UTC  
 
Category: Character SetsSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Undesired Behavior
Status: Wont FixPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed
Operating System: LinuxPerl Version: 5.8.8
Component Version: 2.6.16Fixed 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>
Project 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
    Sun 03 May 2009 08:22:32 PM UTCehoodOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sun 03 May 2009 08:21:40 PM UTCehoodStatusNone=>Wont Fix
      Fixed Release=>N/A

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