Re: Default charset patch (bug 0000068)

Rune Saetre <rune.saetre 'at' netcom-gsm.no> writes:

> Hi
> 
> Here is a patch for setting a default charset if none is indicated in the
> http reply. Id is fixed as indicated in bug report 0000068.
> 
>   http://bugs.kannel.org/view_bug_advanced_page.php?f_id=0000068
> 
> It seems to be required to see pages using international characters
> where the charset is not indicated by the server.
> There are a lot of these here in Norway.
> 
> This works for me, and I have not found any ill effects (yet).

As far as I know, this may violate the RFC.

Do you have any pointer indicating that not specified charsets
must be considered ISO-8859-1?

As far as I can see, 3.7.1 specifies that subtypes of "text" must
be assumed ISO-8859-1 when no charset is specified, e.g. not all
types.

I think your patch should at least verify we are receiving a
subtype of "text".

-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau