Re: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Announce addition of BOM to utf-8-auto

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs@gmail.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:06:21 -0500
> 
> > I think both of these are mistakes of the kind I described.  I filed
> > an issue with emacs-async, but someone should probably fix the one we
> > have in ELPA.  Stefan?
> 
> It should use `emacs-internal` or `utf-8-emacs-unix` or some such very
> precisely defined format since both ends are under its control, indeed.

Probably.

> As for "the one we have in ELPA" it's auto-synchronized with the one
> upstream, so we'll get the fix when it gets installed there (and
> installing it locally would break the auto-sync'ing, causing a lot of pain).

Assuming it is maintained actively enough, yes.