[Python-Dev] UTF8 in the PEP branch

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>>> - Find a way to specify something in the original PEP file so SVN
>>> translates always the dates in English.
>> Are you sure you are talking about the file that contains the
>> PEP itself? Or are you perhaps talking about the source code of
>> docutils?
> 
> In the PEP text (example:
> 
>   http://svn.python.org/view/peps/trunk/pep-0002.txt?rev=56077&view=auto
> 
> ), it says "Last-Modified: $Date$". That $Date$ is being translated in
> the checkout or update by subversion.

Certainly. However, why does that cause a problem *in the PEP file*?????

> Maybe there is a $C-locale-Date$
> for subversion to automatically put the date there using C locale and
> not the one of the user.
> 
> I don't know if it exists, though.

No, that's not supported. The Id keyword gets replaced with a
locale-independent ISO 8601 string, though.

Regards,
Martin