recent change in Utils.websafe() breaks Japanese (and other double-byte language) texts
Bug #774588 reported by
Tokio Kikuchi
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNU Mailman |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Mark Sapiro | ||
Bug Description
Utils.websafe() escapes characters like < and >. Recent change in this function added 8bit characters like \xbc and \xbe as 'dangerous' characters. This breaks Japanese text display because they appear as a part of double-byte characters. Because these characters are only 'dangerous' for old browsers, I suggest reverting the change or at least making configurable whether the site administrator apply changes or not.
Revision history for this message
| Mark Sapiro (msapiro) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in mailman: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Mark Sapiro (msapiro) |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| milestone: | none → 2.1.15 |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in mailman: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in mailman: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Thank you for the report. I will make this conditional with the default to not do it.