Comment 5 for bug 510018

This is from upstream bug-report:
``We will no longer support broken encodings in KDE. We have had transition code
for several years (at least since 2003) and I think 5 years is enough time for
people to finish transitioning to UTF-8 environments.

This bug is about broken-encoded files. *Properly* encoded filenames should be
working and if they aren't, please open a new bug report on the subject.

You will hate me for this, but this bug is a WONTFIX. 5 years is enough time.
If in 5 years you haven't renamed all your files, you should use the terminal
to do it.

More info on why this is close to impossible to implement:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=122025063320264&w=2

Do *not* reopen the bug.''

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I think their reasons for not supporting broken encodings are valid. However, I think that at least they should provide a tool for fixing the broken encodings. E.g. allowing the user to rename the files to a correct encoding.