[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62172: Deprecate non-UTF-8 Support

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#62172: Deprecate non-UTF-8 Support
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 Reporter:  dmsnell      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mdawaffe):

 Replying to [ticket:62172 dmsnell]:
 > Furthermore, the `blog_charset` appears to have been introduced for the
 purpose of writing a `<meta>` tag on rendered pages to let a browser know
 what encoding to expect, while WordPress itself was to remain agnostic
 with regards to that same encoding. Over time, the option has been used as
 a mechanism for indicating how to transform strings, which doesn't resolve
 any of the problems introduced by working with multiple character
 encodings.

 I'm not sure that that's completely accurate (especially the strict
 aspiration that "WordPress itself was to remain agnostic…"), but I think
 it is a practical description of history.

 I and my poor memory of course welcome others' remembrances :)

 PS: @dmsnell, in several places above you mention "deprecating UTF-8". I
 think you mean "deprecating not-UTF-8".

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