[horde] enable UTF-8 then cause these problems

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
> 
> > Storing the serialized data unconverted into the backend has advantages
> > as well as disadvantages to converting the data to the backend's
> internal
> > charset before storing it:
> > Advantage: Every data can be stored, no matter what charset the current
> > user has.
> > Disavantage: The data get broken as soon as the user changes his
> charset,
> > for example by switching the translation or by the admin turning utf
> > support on.
> 
> That seems like a pretty compelling argument for converting the charset
> when
> storing it; someone could easily have a reason to change languages
> regularly
> when using Horde apps.

What do others think?

Just to make it clear: This of causes only problems if the user switches
between languages with _different_ charsets that are _not_ ascii.

Jan.

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