Собственно, вот сабж
Для труЪ:
Log message: Replace the single-byte placeholders for the multi-byte/wide-character conversion interfaces of libc (mbrtowc(3) and friends) with new implementations that internally call an API based on NetBSD's citrus. This allows us to support locales with multi-byte character encodings.
Provide two implementations of the citrus-based API: one based on the old single-byte placeholders for use with our existing single-byte character locales (C, ISO8859-*, KOI8, CP1251, etc.), and one that provides support for UTF-8 encoded characters (code based on FreeBSD's implementation).
Install the en_US.UTF-8 ctype locale support file, and allow the UTF-8 ctype locale to be enabled via setlocale(3) (export LC_CTYPE='en_US.UTF-8').
A lot of programs, especially from ports, will now start using UTF-8 if the UTF-8 locale is enabled. Use at your own risk, and please report any breakage. Note that ncurses-based programs cannot display UTF-8 right now, this is being worked on.
To prevent install media growth, add vfprintf(3) and mbrtowc(3) to libstubs. The mbrtowc stub was copied unchanged from its old single-byte placeholder. vfprintf.c doesn't need to be copied, just put in .PATH (hint by fgsch@).
Как я понимаю, речь идет о добавлении поддержки самой юникодной локали в libc на основе citrus. Для полной поддержки нужна как минимум доработка ncurses (пока будут работать только приложения не на ncurses, вроде mutt и vim), а также дописывание драйвера консоли (чтобы юникод работал и без иксов).
Поправьте меня, если я ошибаюсь. Еще вроде бы этот чувак (Штефан Шперлинг) раньше сообщал о своем намерении в области юникода в интервью дистровотчу.
Вин?
