Mandate UTF-8 for all control files

Closes: #143941

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 24c90727e276c2d748c889ed17679a326f08693f..0f9fbdcc22d4cc2887c5d256a6b1629ed2cb9575 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2344,6 +2344,9 @@ Package: libc6
          would mean a new paragraph.
        </p>
 
+       <p>
+         All control files must be encoded in UTF-8.
+       </p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect id="sourcecontrolfiles">