Issue 41048: read_mime_types() should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding [proxy]

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Issue41048

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Title:	read_mime_types() should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding
Type:	behavior	Stage:	resolved
Components:	Library (Lib)	Versions:	Python 3.10, Python 3.9, Python 3.8

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	fixed
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:		Nosy List:	miss-islington, ned.deily, serhiy.storchaka, thatiparthy, vstinner
Priority:	normal	Keywords:	easy, patch

Created on 2020-06-20 09:11 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2020-06-30 05:47 by ned.deily. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL	Status	Linked	Edit
PR 20998	merged	thatiparthy, 2020-06-20 09:56
PR 21210	merged	miss-islington, 2020-06-29 08:37
PR 21211	merged	miss-islington, 2020-06-29 08:37
PR 21229	closed	thatiparthy, 2020-06-30 05:39

Messages (5)
msg371925 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2020-06-20 09:11
MimeTypes.read() read the rule file using UTF-8, but read_mime_types() uses the locale encoding. It is an easy issue. You need just repeat issue13025 for read_mime_types().
msg372554 - (view)	Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) *	Date: 2020-06-29 08:37
New changeset 7f569c9bc0079906012b3034d30fe8abc742e7fc by Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి తాటిపర్తి) in branch 'master': bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7f569c9bc0079906012b3034d30fe8abc742e7fc
msg372565 - (view)	Author: miss-islington (miss-islington)	Date: 2020-06-29 12:07
New changeset 9e36b6e6c8fc8925c6a5e7b57aff527bc4b862a8 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9': bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9e36b6e6c8fc8925c6a5e7b57aff527bc4b862a8
msg372566 - (view)	Author: miss-islington (miss-islington)	Date: 2020-06-29 12:07
New changeset 7731139b7af655b9f5df6d1b5493f8dfdf41d569 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8': bpo-41048: mimetypes should read the rule file using UTF-8, not the locale encoding (GH-20998) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7731139b7af655b9f5df6d1b5493f8dfdf41d569
msg372655 - (view)	Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) *	Date: 2020-06-30 05:47
Thanks for the PR! With the backports to 3.9 and 3.8 in place, I am assuming we can now close this issue.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2020-06-30 05:47:12	ned.deily	set	status: open -> closed nosy: + ned.deily messages: + msg372655 resolution: fixed stage: patch review -> resolved
2020-06-30 05:40:26	ned.deily	set	versions: - Python 3.7
2020-06-30 05:39:38	thatiparthy	set	pull_requests: + pull_request20383
2020-06-29 12:07:44	miss-islington	set	messages: + msg372566
2020-06-29 12:07:35	miss-islington	set	messages: + msg372565
2020-06-29 08:37:22	miss-islington	set	pull_requests: + pull_request20365
2020-06-29 08:37:10	miss-islington	set	nosy: + miss-islington pull_requests: + pull_request20364
2020-06-29 08:37:07	serhiy.storchaka	set	messages: + msg372554
2020-06-21 11:07:17	serhiy.storchaka	link	issue41063 dependencies
2020-06-20 09:56:11	thatiparthy	set	keywords: + patch nosy: + thatiparthy pull_requests: + pull_request20173 stage: needs patch -> patch review
2020-06-20 09:11:00	serhiy.storchaka	create