Comment 11 for bug 637227

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Well there's always g_locale_to_utf8(), which applies iconv(3) until joy ...
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It *IS* a matter of policy, not implementation, to set encodings. However, that basically
means that encodings need to be hinted from spec files, and verified accurate
when building, and carried within packages, and converted to local locale when
displayed, etc, etc, etc.

Perfectly doable, but it's gonna be a tedious nightmare ...