From 3ac963d592dba170cf272af16f3bebf35963cd06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:50:05 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and
 mandatory in PATH.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
Closes: #701081
---
 policy.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index cb1093f..cc9d5f8 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9473,6 +9473,23 @@ done
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>
       </sect>
+
+      <sec id="filenames">
+	<heading>File names</heading>
+
+        <p>
+	  The name of the files installed by binary packages in the system PATH
+	  (namely <tt>/bin</tt>, <tt>/sbin</tt>, <tt>/usr/bin</tt>,
+	  <tt>/usr/sbin</tt> and <tt>/usr/games</tt>) must be encoded in
+	  ASCII.
+	</p>
+
+	<p>
+	  The name of the files and directories installed by binary packages
+	  outside the system PATH must be encoded in UTF-8 and should be
+	  restricted to ASCII when it is possible to do so.
+	</p>
+      </sec>
     </chapt>
 
 
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