Subj : UTF-8 nodelist
To   : Konstantin Kuzov
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Mar 06 2017 16:29:09

Hello Konstantin,

On Monday March 06 2017 10:11, you wrote to Kees van Eeten:

 KK> Sysops already provided their latin names representation, forcing them
 KK> to any auto transliteration script isn't a wise move.

Nobody is forcing anyone. It is up to the NCs. Automatic transliteration may be a good idea for soem, for others it may not.

 KK> It can lead to frustration and even anger from sysops whose names
 KK> suddenly changed without their request.

Indeed, and that should be avoided.

 KK> If that thing takes off then I'll just setup a table in database and
 KK> will store both representations there. Then just generate both
 KK> versions from that database.

Sounds good...

 KK> So the only way we can go for now is building utf-8 versions from
 KK> ascii-only nodelist and extend it with additional information if
 KK> wouldn't want to deal with out of sync issues.

I think you are looking for a solution to a non-existant problem. As yet there is no sunc problem. Let us cross that bridge when we get to it. Maybe there is no bridge.


Cheers, Michiel

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