[[!template id=gitbranch branch=chrysn/more-proxy-utf8-fail author="[[chrysn]]"]]
+[[!template id=gitbranch author="[[chrysn]], [[smcv]]" branch=smcv/ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail
+ browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail]]
the recently introduced fixes for [[crashes in the python proxy even if disabled]]
caused the typical python2 implicit conversion failures ("'ascii' codec
>>> a `unicode`. (i'd happily ditch python2 and port all plugins to python3,
>>> where this is all easier, but my [[todo/vCard rendering]] still uses an
>>> ancient module.) --[[chrysn]]
+
+>>>> You were right about this, `encode` is appropriate to go from `unicode`
+>>>> to `str` under Python 2. However, Python 3 is still broken.
+>>>>
+>>>> My `ready/more-proxy-utf8-fail` branch, based on yours,
+>>>> [[fixes the `rst` test when run under Python 3|bugs/rst_plugin_hangs_when_used_with_Python_3]]
+>>>> and hopefully also fixes this one. Please check that it still
+>>>> fixes your test-case too.
+>>>>
+>>>> Joey, I think this is [[ready for merge|users/smcv/ready]] even if it
+>>>> doesn't fix chrysn's bug - it does fix Python 3 support
+>>>> in general. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>> [[merged|done]] --[[smcv]]