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PEP 540: Remove Alpine Linux 

Alpine Linux uses C.UTF-8 locale by default, not the POSIX locale.
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Victor Stinner 2017-12-06 03:06:09 +01:00
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@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ the locale; the encoding and the locale are tightly coupled.
Many users inherit the ASCII encoding from the POSIX locale, aka the "C" Many users inherit the ASCII encoding from the POSIX locale, aka the "C"
locale, but are unable change the locale for different reasons. This locale, but are unable change the locale for different reasons. This
encoding is very limited in term of Unicode support: any non-ASCII encoding is very limited in term of Unicode support: any non-ASCII
character is likely to cause troubles. For example, the Alpine Linux character is likely to cause troubles.
distribution became popular thanks to Docker containers, but it uses the
POSIX locale by default.
It is not easy to get the expected locale. Locales don't get the exact It is not easy to get the expected locale. Locales don't get the exact
same name on all Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS, etc. Some same name on all Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS, etc. Some