Re: Unicodification of sources, part 1

sjt> I propose the following process for 21.5 and the packages: sjt> Stage 1: Re-encode all plain text documentation in UTF-8. [...] sjt> Stage 2: Re-encode the C sources in UTF-8. [...] sjt> Stage 3a: Re-encode core Lisp in UTF-8, and remove the special sjt> treatment of Mule files. [...] sjt> Stage 3b: Re-encode Info and other shared documentation (man pages) sjt> in UTF-8. [...] sjt> Stage 4: Unify the utf8-packages and xemacs-packages hierarchies, sjt> and make the mule-packages hierarchy obsolete. [...] sjt> I don't see any real reason not to proceed with Stage 1 immediately sjt> after maybe a 2-week discussion period. sjt> Comments? Objections? Obstacles I've overlooked? I'm not sure I understand the impact on 21.4. Stages 1-3b just refers to the 21.5 source tree, and not packages? Does 21.5 have to be promoted to stable prior to Stage 4? mike