Re: [naviserver-devel] Fw: ns_http and 8-bit enodings

[Gustaf N. <ne...@wu...>]

On 05.09.20 14:50, Gustaf Neumann wrote:
> I did not have time yet to dig into TCLHTTP_USE_EXTERNALTOUTF the 
> other test cases depending on that. My gut feeling says "this is 
> necessary", but my brain says "why this was no problem so far" and 
> "what will be the collateral damage"  if we do so.
>
> The flag TCLHTTP_USE_EXTERNALTOUTF is still in the code but needs 
> further investigation. However, i am going mid of next week on holiday 
> (boat), where i will not be reachable ... until then many things are 
> piled up on my side, so i have no chance to look into this deeper 
> right now.

My plan would be as follows: Prepare a release for the near future (i'll 
be at 10 days offline, maybe i can work on change summary etc.). For 
this release, leave the TCLHTTP_USE_EXTERNALTOUTF for the time being in 
the code (deactivated by default), and address the encoding issue in 
detail after that.

Users depending on releases will get a long list of new features with 
4.99.20 and they will not be afraid of changed encodings etc. Other 
users with complex encoding/recoding requirements can use the new 
"-binary" flag of ns_http.

all the best

-g