[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #117: Credits API character set

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#117: Credits API  character set
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  Reporter:  knutsp  |      Owner:
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal  |  Component:  api.wordpress.org
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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Comment (by Otto42):

 > The data in question is the user data (specifically display_name) from
 the global users table, so there's that familiar issue (latin1 table).

 Yeah, that is the thing about w.org tables. Just because it lives in a
 latin1 column does not necessarily mean it actually is latin1. We've had
 these tables a long, long time, and the data might be utf8 stored in
 latin1 and no conversion ever performed.

 I think we need a practical approach here. If all the existing data work
 fine without the encode, then dump the encode and insta-fix all the
 existing installs. If we need special handling for some, then we can
 special handle those. Long term we convert the lot, but long is super-long
 as you well know.

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