Unicodification of sources, part 1

[Mike Kupfer]

>>>>> "sjt" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:

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.
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sjt> Stage 3a: Re-encode core Lisp in UTF-8, and remove the special
sjt> treatment of Mule files.
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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