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

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index cb1093fed776e0b89b0800b2ce793c00bdf41ed9..cc9d5f811a6b8bb0ce4b06a8ee04b58f11cf70ba 100644 (file)
--- 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>